waste away
phrasal verbwithwasteverb[T]uk/weɪst/us/weɪst/
tograduallygetthinnerandweaker, in a way that isunhealthy:
逐渐消瘦;渐渐瘦弱You getthinnereverytimeIseeyou, Sara - you'rewastingaway!我每次见你你都比以前瘦了,萨拉——你真是越来越瘦弱了!
Becoming and making less strong
- abate
- abatement
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- decline
- emasculation
- enervate
- enervating
- enfeeble
- enfeebled
- fade
- melt
- relieve
- sink
- totter
- tottering
- turn to jellyidiom
- wane
- watersomethingdown