英语词组waste away是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

waste away

to gradually become thin and weak.

He stopped eating and wasted away until he looked like a shadow.

to be damaged or rubbed away by weather.

Good soil can waste away quickly if it's not cared for properly.

Phr V

waste away

wastes, wasting, wasted

waste away

to gradually get thinner and weaker, usually because of illness

It's terrible to watch someone you love waste away like that.

waste away

1. To dwindle toward a state of nothingness or complete decrepitude; to wither away. He didn't want them to see him wasting away from the cancer. The old industrial site just sits out there wasting away, unable to be rezoned due to contamination.

2. To squander something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "waste" and "away." I feel like we've been wasting away every weekend watching TV. Let's try to get out of the house tomorrow. The old fool wasted his fortune away on trips to the casino.

waste something away

to use something up wastefully; to dissipate something. He wasted all his money away and had to live in poverty. They wasted away everything and regretted it later.

waste away

to wither or dwindle away. Our money just seemed to waste away. As she grew older, she just sort of wasted away.

waste away

Lose energy and vigor, become enfeebled and weak, as in She was wasting away before our eyes. [Late 1300s]

waste away

1. To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled: The patient wasted away from cancer.

2. To spend some time idly or wastefully: They are wasting their lives away playing video games. The idle rich waste away their days.

词组	waste away
释义	Idiom waste away 1. to gradually become thin and weak. He stopped eating and wasted away until he looked like a shadow. 2. to be damaged or rubbed away by weather. Good soil can waste away quickly if it's not cared for properly. Phr V waste away wastes, wasting, wasted waste away to gradually get thinner and weaker, usually because of illness It's terrible to watch someone you love waste away like that. phrasewaste away1. 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 away 1. To dwindle toward a state of nothingness or complete decrepitude; to wither away. He didn't want them to see him wasting away from the cancer. The old industrial site just sits out there wasting away, unable to be rezoned due to contamination. 2. To squander something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "waste" and "away." I feel like we've been wasting away every weekend watching TV. Let's try to get out of the house tomorrow. The old fool wasted his fortune away on trips to the casino. waste something away to use something up wastefully; to dissipate something. He wasted all his money away and had to live in poverty. They wasted away everything and regretted it later. waste away to wither or dwindle away. Our money just seemed to waste away. As she grew older, she just sort of wasted away. waste away Lose energy and vigor, become enfeebled and weak, as in She was wasting away before our eyes. [Late 1300s] waste away v. 1. To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled: The patient wasted away from cancer. 2. To spend some time idly or wastefully: They are wasting their lives away playing video games. The idle rich waste away their days.
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