wasted是什么意思？

wasted

英[ˈweɪstɪd]

• adj. （常指因病而）憔悴的，疲惫不堪，徒劳的；无用的；

例句

• It is time I woke up to myself.I've wasted too much time fooling around, and I almost ruined my career. 我该清醒认识自己了。我无所事事浪费了太多的时间, 差点毁了我的事业。
• They wasted away for lack of food. 由于食物的缺乏, 他们越来越虚弱了。
• If my plan isn't approved of by the committee, all my work will have been wasted. 如果我的计划得不到委员会的批准, 我的功夫就白费了。
• Long dry periods wasted the land. 长期干旱使土地荒芜了。
• The long illness had wasted the old man's strength. 长期生病消耗了这老人的体力。
• Except for what he spent on haircuts,books and daily necessities he never wasted a penny. 除了理发、买书和必要的日用品之外,他从不浪费一分钱。
• I've wasted an entire day on this. 在这上面我已经浪费了一整天的时间。
• Large amounts of money were wasted. 浪费了大量的钱。
• Hurling his arms and legs about wildly,he kept afloat but wasted much effort. 他用胳膊和腿在水中乱扑腾,这样虽然可以漂浮,但却白费了很多力气。
• You cannot improve your past, but you can improve your future. Once time is wasted, life is wasted. 你不能改变你的过去，但你可以让你的未来变得更美好。一旦时间浪费了，生命就浪费了。

英语四级真题

They may regret the time they wasted.
出自-2010年12月听力原文

英语六级真题

However, characteristics associated with modern consumer culture mean produce is often wasted through retail and customer behaviour.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  徒劳的;无用的
  A wasted action is one that is unnecessary.
  例句
  I'm sorry you had a wasted journey. 非常抱歉让你白跑了一趟。
• ADJ-GRADED
  (常指因病而)憔悴的，疲惫不堪的
  Someone who is wasted is very tired and weak, often because of an illness.
  例句
  They look too wasted to care about much. 他们看上去疲惫不堪,以至于顾不上太多。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
  "otiose lines in a play""advice is wasted words"
  2. not used to good advantage;
  "squandered money cannot be replaced""a wasted effort"
  3. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use;
  "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"
  4. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
  "emaciated bony hands""a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys""eyes were haggard and cavernous""small pinched faces""kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
  5. made uninhabitable;
  "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare"a wasted landscape"