waste /weist/ I. n. 1. 浪费；滥用 (［u］，但可与a连用)：It’s (a) waste of time to wait any longer. 再等下去是白费时间。What a pity to see all that water running to waste! 眼看那些水被浪费掉，多么可惜! 2.［u］废料；垃圾；污水: They’re working hard to turn waste into useful materials. 他们正努力工作，要把废物变成有用的材料。 ‖II. vt.浪费，耗损：All his efforts were wasted.他所有的努力都白废了。His body was wasted by long illness.长期生病使他的身体不行了。 waste away（身体）逐渐消瘦和虚弱：It’s terrible to watch someone you love waste away like that. 看到你热爱的人如此不断地消瘦和虚弱太可怕了。‖III. adj. 1.无用的，废弃的：a waste product 废品；waste water (paper)废水(纸) 2. 荒芜的：waste land 荒地；lay it waste 使其荒芜
wasteful /ˈweistful/ adj. 浪费的，挥霍的，耗费的：a wasteful use of resources浪费资源；a wasteful man挥霍无度的人It is a shame to be so wasteful.这样浪费太可耻了。
wasteland /ˈweistˌlænd/ n. [u] 荒地，未开垦地：the restoration of industrial wasteland工业废墟的重建The wasteland was transferred into fertile fields.把荒地改变为良田。
