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单词 throwaway
释义
throwaway
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈθrəʊ.ə.weɪ/us
/ˈθroʊ.ə.weɪ/
made to bedestroyedafter use:
一次性使用的，用后即弃的
Welivein a throwawaysociety(= one in which things arethrownaway assoonas they have been used).我们生活在一个充斥着一次性物品的社会。
throwaway comment/line/remark
something that someone says withoutthinkingcarefullyand is notintendedto beserious
信口而作的评论／即兴的台词／脱口而出的话
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Remarks & remarking
(Definition ofthrowawayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

throwaway| American Dictionary

throwaway
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈθroʊ·əˌweɪ/
designedto be used onlyonceand thengottenridof:
Throwawaycamerasarelight,compact,cheap, andsimple.
(Definition ofthrowawayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

throwaway| Business English

throwaway
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈθrəʊəweɪ/us
COMMERCE,MARKETING,ENVIRONMENT
throwawaygoods,products, etc. aredesignedandmarketedin a way thatencouragespeopletokeepreplacingthem:
Much of China'semissionscome frommanufacturingthrowawayproductsfor thewest.
Afundamentalchangeinconsumerattitudesto thethrowawaycultureis the only wayforward.
COMMERCE
used todescribeapricethat is verylow:
Analystswarnedthatexpectingtobuyhi-techproductsatincreasinglythrowawaypriceswouldeventuallycauseus allproblems.
See also
giveawayadjective
used todescribesomething that someone says withoutthinkingcarefullyabout whether it might beoffensiveto anyone:
throwaway comment/remarkHefaceddisciplinaryactionbecause of a throwawaycommentabout acolleague.
throwaway societydisapproving
ENVIRONMENT
themodernworldin which manygoodsaredisposableandcreatewaste:
Thedevelopedworldhasbecomeanincreasinglythrowawaysociety.
(Definition ofthrowawayfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthrowaway

throwaway
Despite itsthrowawayappearance, this exhibition is a subtle, sophisticated provocation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
An ordinary,throwawayline becomes something extraordinary which allows us greater insight.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Despite athrowawayending that does not really come off, as a festive concert overture this is, in modern political parlance, thoroughly 'fit for purpose'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If he gave the three comedies we now choose to call 'mature' his mostthrowawaytitles, they aren'tthrowawayplays.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Every dealer put histhrowawayleads in it, only their leader occasionally forced them to contribute dealable ones.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As a kind ofthrowawaybook, the term "paperback" is provocative as a description of what she is reading.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The recapitulation introduced a fleeting nocturnal, sinister mood and a peremptory,throwawayending complemented the opening joke.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He was a "throwaway" person.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Many of these children are throwaways, not runaways.
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We are looking at young people who are in danger of becoming throwaways in our society.
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The previous speaker made considerable reference to the number of publications, films, throwaways, and information of all sorts that have been used—all of which are admirable.
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The album does not contain a single hiccup or yawn-- no extraneous noise, no potentially offputting histrionics, no throwaways and no dull moments.
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The album flows well and doesn't contain any outright duds or annoying throwaways.
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No discourtesy was intended; it was athrowawayremark.
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All that is happening as a result of the private giveaway —orthrowaway—monopolies.
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