waste

其他意思

1. n. 浪費, 廢物, 損耗, 消耗, 荒地, 垃圾, 地面風化物

   Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it.

   • The packets are measured to reduce waste

2. adj. 廢棄的, 荒蕪的, 多餘的

   Waste land is land, especially in or near a city, which is not used or looked after by anyone, and so is covered by wild plants and rubbish.

   • There was a patch of waste land behind the church

3. v. 浪費, 消耗, 使荒蕪

   If you waste something such as time, money, or energy, you use too much of it doing something that is not important or necessary, or is unlikely to succeed.

   • There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them