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单词 waster
释义
waster
noun[C]
uk
/ˈweɪ.stər/us
/ˈweɪ.stɚ/
informaldisapproving
apersonor thing whowastessomething:
造成浪费的人（或物）；挥霍者
He's atimewaster.他是个浪费时间的人。
Thisprojectis nothing but amoneywaster.这个项目就是在烧钱。
UKinformaldisapproving
apersonwho does nothingpositivewiththeirlife, making no use oftheirabilitiesor theopportunitiesthat areofferedto them:
浪费生命的人，废物，无用的人
There were theusualbunchof wastershanginground thebar.那群混混又在那家酒吧里闲呆着。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wasting
  • boondoggle
  • dissipate
  • dissipation
  • down the drainidiom
  • fritter
  • piss
  • pisssomethingaway
  • prodigal
  • prodigality
  • prodigally
  • profligacy
  • spendthrift
  • squander
  • throw good money after badidiom
  • throwsomethingaway
  • toss
  • tosssomethingaway
  • uneconomic
  • wastage
  • wasted
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People of little importance
(Definition ofwasterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwaster

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We are now being told that we must invest in our health care otherwise we will be wasters.
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I hope that it will be kept constantly before us, especially all those who are users, and therefore potential wasters, of fuel.
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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.
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They are not "wasters"; they are decent, respectable, hard-working citizens, who are prepared to pay an economic rent for a decent house.
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We should not consider them collectively as wasters.
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Most of the wasters of fuel are public authorities.
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He suggests that local authorities are wasters, yet they provide a first class service.
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If people live in the shadows of colliery spoil tips or slate quarry wasters they deserve even more to have their local environment improved.
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Anyone who knows that part of the country knows that these men are not either idlers or wasters.
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I may be touching on other amendments, but the greatest wasters of energy are the power stations.
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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.
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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.
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He is not one of the time-wasters.
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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.
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Wasters provide a number of benefits to the modern practitioner, many of which would have applied to historic trainees as well.
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