| 词组 | throw away |
| 释义 | throw away 1. throw away sth • throw sth away to get rid of something that you do not want or need: ▪ I shouldn't have thrown away the receipt. ▪ Do you want to keep these catalogues, or shall I throw them away? ▪ I can't find Corrie's letter - I must have thrown it away. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑chuck out informal, ↑throw out throwaway adj only before noun a throwaway product is one that can be thrown away after it has been used: ▪ soft drinks in throwaway bottles throwaway society n singular a society in which products are designed to be thrown away after a short time, so that a lot of things are wasted: ▪ We live in a throwaway society. Why repair things when it's so cheap to replace them? 2. throw away sth • throw sth away to waste an opportunity or lose an advantage - used when you think someone is silly if they do this: ▪ This could be the best chance you've ever had - don't throw it away. ▪ It would be foolish to throw away all that we have achieved over the past five years. ▪ In a brief fit of carelessness, United threw away their two goal lead. |
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