| 词组 | waste away |
| 释义 | 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. |
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