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*waste²
v [T]
1 to use something in a way that is not sensible or useful, or use more of it than you should 浪费; 滥用:
waste time/money etc They wasted a lot of time trying to fix the computer themselves. 他们想自己修理电脑，浪费了大量时间。
2 waste no time/not waste any time to do something as quickly as you can because you know it will be useful to you 不浪费时间，尽快
3 be wasted if someone is wasted in their job, they have many skills that are not used, and they should get a different job 未能发挥特长的，大材小用的
waste awayto gradually become thinner and weaker, especially because you are ill 〔尤因生病而〕逐渐消瘦
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