| 釋義 |
wasten. 1. act of wasting. i.e. punning on waist 浪費,( 雙關(guān))腰圍。 △2H.IV.1.2.161(140):“Your means are veryslender,and your waste is great.”你的收入很微小,你的浪費(雙關(guān):腰圍)卻很大。 2. something wasted or destroyed 荒廢之物,毀損之物。 △ 2H.IV.1.3.62:“And waste for churlish winter’s tyranny.”成為飽受粗暴的寒冬摧殘之物。 3. destruction,devastation 破壞,蹂躪。 △H.V.1.2.27:“whose wrongs gives edge unto the swords / Thatmake such waste in brief mortality.”i.e. who wrong-fully wages war,so destroying the brief lives of men.他的肆意妄為發(fā)動了刀兵,使生命本來短暫的世人更遭受一番摧殘。 △H.V.3.3.17:“all fell feats / Enlinked to wasteand desolation?”一切破壞蹂躪的勾當。 4. empty expanse,(used figuratively) the desolatehours about midnight 荒野,(轉(zhuǎn)義)荒涼午夜,深更半夜。 △Ham. 1. 2. 198:“the dead waste”,死寂的深更半夜。5. looseness of morals,corruption,dissipation 道德敗壞,墮落,胡鬧。 △Wiv.4.2.229(211):“he will never,Ithink,in the way of waste,attempt us again.”我想,他出來胡鬧時,再也不會來冒犯我們了。
wastevt. 1. spend,pass 消磨,度過。 △Mer.3.4.12: “That doconverse and waste the time together.” 在一起談心消磨時光。 △ Mid.2.1.57:“Amerrier hour was never was-ted there.”從來沒有度過更快活的時候。 △As.2.4.95(94):“I like this place. And willingly could wastemy time in it.”我喜歡這個地方,很愿意在這里消磨我的時光。 2. consume,use up 消耗,用盡。 △ 2H.IV.4.1.215(213):“Besides,the King hath wasted all his rodsOn late offenders,”此外,國王已經(jīng)把他的棍棒在以前犯上作亂的人們身上用盡了。 △ Oth.4.2.187(185):“I have was-ted myself out of my means.”我的錢財都消耗凈盡了。 3. wear away,consume 耗損,消耗。 △3H.VI.3.2.125:“Would he were wasted,marrow,bones,and all,”但愿他的身子連骨髓、骨頭全部耗盡。 4. consume,i. e. eat 消耗,(指)吃掉。 △As.2.7.134;“And we will nothing waste till you return.”在你回來之前我們絕對不把東西吃掉。 5. make desolate,ruin,damage,destroy 使荒涼,毀壞,損害,破壞。 △1H.VI.2.3.40: “That hast by tyrannythese many years / Wasted our country,slain our citi-zens,”你這么多年來用殘暴手段破壞我們的國家,屠殺我們的人民。 6. efface,obliterate 消除,使消失。 △2H.IV.4.5.213(214):“that action,hence borne out,/ May waste thememory of the former days.”這樣一來,在外國進行的軍事行動就可以消除往日的回憶。 7.? ruin,lay waste 毀壞,蹂躪。 ? squander 浪費,揮霍。 △Com.2.1.90:“Then he hath wasted it.”那是他把它摧毀掉(又譯:荒廢了)的。 waste[weist]n.廢物,浪費,損耗,消耗,揮霍者,浪子,廢品,次品 ◇ go to waste=run to waste 被浪費 waste away逐漸衰弱下去 ‖ waste ball 棄球 waste book 流水賬 waste clerk 暫記員 waste disposal plant 污水處理裝置 waste fuel 廢燃料 waste gas 廢氣 waste gas emission standard 廢氣排放標準 waste gas or steam 廢氣 waste gas purification 廢氣凈化 waste instruction 空指令 waste land 荒地 waste matter 糟粕 waste money and manpower 勞民傷財 waste motion 多余動作 waste of time 延誤比賽時間 waste one’s breath 白費口舌 waste paper 廢紙 waste pitch 棄球 waste product 廢品 waste recovery 廢物回收 Waste Reduction Committee 減少廢物委員會 Waste Reduction Task Force for the Government 政府部門減廢工作組 waste storage farm 廢物貯存場 waste treatment 廢物處理 waste utilization 廢物利用 wasted move 廢棋 wasting assets 損耗資產(chǎn) wasting police manpower 浪費警力 wasting police time 浪費警察時間 wasting time 故意拖延(比賽)時間 wasteful adj.浪費的,揮霍的 wastefully adj.廢棄的,多余的 wastefulness n. 毀損 |