每天三分钟学英语 第251期:外国人说 waste 竟然不是"浪费"的意思?

 　　情景对话：

　　Do you think he is capable¹ of listening to reason?

　　What kind of reason? Like "Dear Krazy-8, listen, "if I let you go, will you promise not to come back and waste my family? "

　　知识点笔记：

　　Waste 浪费

　　【例句】

　　People wasted so much food at the party. There are full of plates of food that we have to throw out.

　　派对上大家浪费了很多食物。整盘整盘的食物都被扔掉了。

　　Be wasted on someone

　　某个好东西给某人真是浪费了

　　【例句】

　　That sports car is wasted on Derek. He never goes above 60mph.

　　那辆跑车给Derek真是浪费了。他从来不开60英里以上。

　　Waste one's breath²

　　浪费口舌

　　【例句一】

　　Don't waste your breath. Rita's not going to listen to a word you say.

　　别浪费口舌了，你说的话Rita一个字都不会听的。

　　【例句二】

　　He's wasting his breath if he thinks Ross will care for his advice.

　　他真是浪费口舌，如果他觉得Ross会听他的建议的话。

　　Waste no time doing something

　　马上做某事

　　【例句一】

　　Once we finished the assignment³ our boss wasted no time giving us more work.

　　我们完成了任务以后老板马上给了我们新工作。

　　【例句二】

　　Cindy wasted no time finding⁴ a new boyfriend after breaking up with her ex.

　　Cindy在和他男朋友分手之后马上就找了个新男朋友。

　　Waste 杀人，毁掉某物

　　【例句一】

　　Leon is very good at Street Fighter. He wasted me in less than 2 minutes.

　　Leon玩Street Fighter特别厉害，2分钟就把我打死了。

　　【例句二】

　　I dropped my phone in the toilet and now it's wasted. It won't even start.

　　我把电话掉厕所里了，现在它完蛋了，都开不了机。

　　Wasted 烂醉，废掉了

　　【例句】

　　Sandy was wasted last night. We had to carry her back home.

　　Sandy昨晚喝得烂醉，我们不得不把她抬回家。

　　再扩展一个表达：

　　hammer 锤子

　　它也可以同样表示“烂醉”

　　I was so hammered last night.

　　我昨晚喝得烂醉。

　　a waste 浪费

　　名词用法

　　【例句一】

　　Putting a couch⁵ in the middle of the room is a waste of space.

　　把沙发放在屋子的中间是浪费空间。

　　【例句二】

　　I did all that for nothing. What a waste of time!

　　那个东西我白做了。简直就是浪费时间。

　　Chemical waste

　　化学废料

1 capable   

adj.有能力的，有才能的

参考例句：

• The new woman secretary was extremely clever and capable.这位新来的女秘书很是精明强干。
• Jim is capable at sports.吉姆擅长运动。

2 breath   

n.呼吸，气息，微风，迹象，精神，一种说话的声音

参考例句：

• I'm just going out for a breath of fresh air.我正要出去呼吸新鲜空气。
• While climbing up the stairs the old man always loses his breath.那老人上楼时总是气喘吁吁的。

3 assignment   

n.任务，作业；分配，指定

参考例句：

• His assignment was to follow the spy.分配给他的工作是跟踪这个间谍。
• He has got a new assignment.他得到一项新任命。

4 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

5 couch   

n.睡椅，长沙发椅；vt.表达，隐含

参考例句：

• Lie down on the couch if you're feeling ill.如果你感觉不舒服就躺到沙发上去。
• The rabbIt'sprang from its grassy couch.兔子从草丛中跳出。