3分鐘學(xué)英語(yǔ) [251]:外國(guó)人說(shuō) waste 竟然不是"浪費(fèi)"的意思?
Do you think he is capable of listening to reason?
What kind of reason? Like "Dear Krazy-8, listen, "if I let you go, will you promise not to come back and waste my family? "
知識(shí)點(diǎn)筆記：
Waste 浪費(fèi)
【例句】
People wasted so much food at the party. There are full of plates of food that we have to throw out.
派對(duì)上大家浪費(fèi)了很多食物。整盤整盤的食物都被扔掉了。
Be wasted on someone
某個(gè)好東西給某人真是浪費(fèi)了
【例句】
That sports car is wasted on Derek. He never goes above 60mph.
那輛跑車給Derek真是浪費(fèi)了。他從來(lái)不開(kāi)60英里以上。
Waste one's breath
浪費(fèi)口舌
【例句一】
Don't waste your breath. Rita's not going to listen to a word you say.
別浪費(fèi)口舌了，你說(shuō)的話Rita一個(gè)字都不會(huì)聽(tīng)的。
【例句二】
He's wasting his breath if he thinks Ross will care for his advice.
他真是浪費(fèi)口舌，如果他覺(jué)得Ross會(huì)聽(tīng)他的建議的話。
Waste no time doing something
馬上做某事
【例句一】
Once we finished the assignment our boss wasted no time giving us more work.
我們完成了任務(wù)以后老板馬上給了我們新工作。
【例句二】
Cindy wasted no time finding a new boyfriend after breaking up with her ex.
Cindy在和他男朋友分手之后馬上就找了個(gè)新男朋友。
Waste 殺人，毀掉某物
【例句一】
Leon is very good at Street Fighter. He wasted me in less than 2 minutes.
Leon玩Street Fighter特別厲害，2分鐘就把我打死了。
【例句二】
I dropped my phone in the toilet and now it's wasted. It won't even start.
我把電話掉廁所里了，現(xiàn)在它完蛋了，都開(kāi)不了機(jī)。
Wasted 爛醉，廢掉了
【例句】
Sandy was wasted last night. We had to carry her back home.
Sandy昨晚喝得爛醉，我們不得不把她抬回家。
再擴(kuò)展一個(gè)表達(dá)：
hammer 錘子
它也可以同樣表示“爛醉”
I was so hammered last night.
我昨晚喝得爛醉。
a waste 浪費(fèi)
名詞用法
【例句一】
Putting a couch in the middle of the room is a waste of space.
把沙發(fā)放在屋子的中間是浪費(fèi)空間。
【例句二】
I did all that for nothing. What a waste of time!
那個(gè)東西我白做了。簡(jiǎn)直就是浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。
Chemical waste
化學(xué)廢料
