Waste Not, Want Not Feeding the 9 Billion: The Tragedy of Waste
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Furthermore, this figure does not reflect the fact that large amounts of land, energy, fertilisers and water have also been lost in the production of foodstuffs which simply end up as waste
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
As a global society, therefore, tackling food waste will help contribute towards addressing a number of key resource issues.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
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VERB
浪费;白费
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.
例句
There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them...
原因可能有很多，他不打算浪费时间对此妄加猜测。
I resolved not to waste money on a hotel...
我决心不住酒店，以免浪费钱。
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N-UNCOUNT
浪费;滥用;糟蹋
Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it.
例句
The packets are measured to reduce waste...
包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。
I hate waste.
我讨厌浪费。
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N-UNCOUNT
废物;废料
Waste is material which has been used and is no longer wanted, for example because the valuable or useful part of it has been taken out.
例句
Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste...
国会通过了一项规范废弃物处理的法律。
Up to 10 million tonnes of toxic wastes are produced every year in the UK.
英国每年会产生多达1,000万吨的有毒废弃物。
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VERB
错过(机会)
If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available.
例句
Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children...
咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。
It was a wasted opportunity.
这是一个错失了的良机。
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VERB
（因不被接受、理解等而）浪费（建议等）；使徒劳无益
If you say that something is wasted on someone, you mean that there is no point giving it or telling it to them as they will not appreciate, understand, or pay any attention to it.
例句
All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him.
他对所有善意、真挚的建议基本都无动于衷。
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ADJ
(尤指市内或市郊的土地)荒芜的，荒废的
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.
例句
There was a patch of waste land behind the church...
教堂的后面有一块荒地。
Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.
田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。
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N-PLURAL
荒漠;沙漠
Wastes are a large area of land, for example a desert, in which there are very few people, plants, or animals.
例句
...the barren wastes of the Sahara.
贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠
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PHRASE
被浪费;被糟蹋掉
If something goes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away.
例句
So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film...
如果我们被迫把电影缩短1小时，那么他付出的许多努力就会白费，他的才华也将大半被淹没。
Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.
“墨西哥的烹调注重俭省，”她说，“任何东西都不会浪费。”
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PHRASE
摧毁;把…变为荒地
If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.
例句
The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.
这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。
...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries...
因传统工业衰落而没落的城市
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PHRASE
勤俭节约，吃穿不缺
The expression waste not, want not means that if you do not use too much of something now you will have some left later when you need it.
例句
...a nation that prides itself on its 'waste not, want not' thrift and its environmental conscience.
为其“俭以防匮”的节俭作风和环保意识而自豪的国家
Noun
1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted;
"they collect the waste once a week""much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly;
"if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste""mindless dissipation of natural resources"3. the trait of wasting resources;
"a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste""the wastefulness of missed opportunities"4. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;
"the barrens of central Africa""the trackless wastes of the desert"5. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
Verb
1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends""You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"2. use inefficiently or inappropriately;
"waste heat""waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"3. get rid of;
"We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"4. run off as waste;
"The water wastes back into the ocean"5. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing;
"The mafia liquidated the informer""the double agent was neutralized"6. spend extravagantly;
"waste not, want not"7. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;
"After her husband died, she just pined away"8. cause to grow thin or weak;
"The treatment emaciated him"9. devastate or ravage;
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"10. waste away;
"Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"Adjective
1. disposed of as useless;
"waste paper"2. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate;
"a desert island""a godforsaken wilderness crossroads""a wild stretch of land""waste places"