| 词汇 | waste |
| 释义 | waste Theme: MURDER tr. to kill someone. (Underworld.)Bruno had orders to waste Max.The mob's triggers sped by in a car and wasted four pushers. IDIOMSLANG WASTE cast (one's) pearls before swine to waste something good on someone who doesn't care about it. (From a biblical quotation.)To sing for them is to cast pearls before swine.To serve them French cuisine is like casting one's pearls before swine. deep-six someone or something to get rid of someone or something; to dispose of someone or something. (Slang. Means to bury someone or something six feet deep, the standard depth for a grave.)Take this horrible food out and deep-six it.That guy is a pain. Deep-six him so the cops will never find him. down the drain lost forever; wasted. (Informal.)I just hate to see all that money go down the drain.Well, there goes the whole project, right down the drain. down the tubes ruined; wasted. (Slang.)His political career went down the tubes after the scandal. He's lost his job.The business went down the tubes. fritter something away to waste something little by little, especially time or money. (Folksy.)Don't stand around and fritter the whole day away.Stop frittering away my hard-earned money! go to waste to be wasted; to be unused (and therefore thrown away).Eat your potatoes! Don't let them go to waste.We shouldn't let all those nice flowers go to waste. Let's pick some. go up in flames and go up in smoke to burn up.The whole museum went up in flames.My paintings—my whole life's work—went up in flames.What a shame for all that to go up in smoke. kill time to waste time. (Informal.)Stop killing time. Get to work!We went over to the record shop just to kill time. let something slip by and let something slide by to waste a period of time.You wasted the whole day by letting it slip byWe were having fun, and we let the time slide by. lost on someone having no effect on someone; wasted on someone. (Informal.)The joke was lost on Jean. She didn't understand it.The humor of the situation was lost on Mary. She was too upset to see it. take up someone's time to require too much of someone else's time; to waste someone's time. (Also with so much of or too much of, as in the examples.)You're taking up my time. Please go away.I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take up so much of your time.This problem is taking up too much of my time. throw good money after bad to waste additional money after wasting money once.I bought a used car and then had to spend $300 on repairs. That was throwing good money after bad.The Browns are always throwing good money after bad. They bought an acre of land that turned out to be swamp, and then had to pay to have it filled in. throw the baby out with the bath (water) to dispose of the good while trying to get rid of the bad.In her haste to talk down the idea containing a few disagreeable points, she has thrown the baby out with the bathwater.Hasty action will result in throwing out the baby with the bath. WASTE - EFFORT spin one's wheels to be in motion, but get nowhere. (Slang.)This is a terrible job. I'm just spinning my wheels and not getting anywhere.Get organized and try to accomplish something. Stop spinning your wheels! waste verb 1 to kill someone US, 1964. 2 to smoke marijuana US, 1967. 3 (used of a jockey in horse racing) to lose weight AUSTRALIA, 1989.► waste babies(of a male) to masturbate US, 2001.► waste groceriesto vomit US, 1987 waste away 1. waste away to become very thin and weak, especially because you are ill or are not getting enough food: By this time she couldn't stand or walk. She was wasting away. Sam lay dying of AIDS in a New York hospital, his body visibly wasting away. I'm only allowed one meal a day on this diet. I'm wasting away!2. waste away to feel very bored and unhappy because your skills and abilities are not being used: One unemployed man said "It's not just the money. Work gives you something to do. I feel I'm just wasting away."3. waste away if something wastes away, it gradually becomes smaller or weaker until it disappears: The leaves become brown at the edges, and start to waste away. If you don't use your muscles, they waste away. waste someoneSl. to kill someone. The thief tried to waste the bank guard after the bank robbery. The crook said, "Try that again, and I'll waste you!" waste tv. to kill someone. (Underworld.) The mob’s triggers sped by in a car and wasted four pushers.
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