| 词汇 | waster |
| 释义 | waster noun[ C ] uk /ˈweɪ.stər/ us /ˈweɪ.stɚ/ informaldisapproving a person or thing who wastes something: 造成浪费的人（或物）;挥霍者 He's a time waster.他是个浪费时间的人。 This project is nothing but a money waster.这个项目就是在烧钱。 UKinformaldisapproving a person who does nothing positive with their life, making no use of their abilities or the opportunities that are offered to them: 浪费生命的人，废物，无用的人 There were the usual bunch of wasters hanging round the bar.那群混混又在那家酒吧里闲呆着。 Wasting boondoggle dissipate dissipation down the drainidiom flabbily piss piss something away prodigal prodigality prodigally profligacy spendthrift squander throw good money after badidiom throw something away toss toss something away uneconomic unthrifty wasted You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: People of little importance Examples of wasterwaster We are now being told that we must invest in our health care otherwise we will be wasters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that it will be kept constantly before us, especially all those who are users, and therefore potential wasters, of fuel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To sum up, all our home requirements, other than for food packing, are met from wasters which are unsuitable for food packing or for export. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not "wasters"; they are decent, respectable, hard-working citizens, who are prepared to pay an economic rent for a decent house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not consider them collectively as wasters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of the wasters of fuel are public authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He suggests that local authorities are wasters, yet they provide a first class service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If people live in the shadows of colliery spoil tips or slate quarry wasters they deserve even more to have their local environment improved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone who knows that part of the country knows that these men are not either idlers or wasters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I may be touching on other amendments, but the greatest wasters of energy are the power stations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The verdict of the public was not that the cartoon was a criticism of the oil companies, but that it was directed against the wasters of oil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of those who have already got work are helping this country, but the others, the old and the wasters, will be a dead weight unless we can improve matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not one of the time-wasters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without the six-month minimum period between assessments, such time wasters might be encouraged to seek more frequent assessments, especially because there will be no fee for that assessment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Wasters provide a number of benefits to the modern practitioner, many of which would have applied to historic trainees as well. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of waster These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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