中文：n. 浪费；废物；荒地；损耗；地面风化物adj. 废弃的；多余的；荒芜的vt. 浪费；消耗；使荒芜vi. 浪费；变消瘦；挥霍钱财英语中waste的部分用法如下：(1) waste sth on sth 浪费某物于某物上Don’t waste time on domestic trivialities.不要在家常琐事上浪费时间。(2) waste sth on *** 白费某物于某人身上Don’t waste your sympathy on them.用不着对他们滥施同情。They are much better off than you and I．比起你我，他们的日子要好过得多。(3) waste sth (in) doing sth 浪费某物做某事I think I shouldn’t waste my time on complaining and worrying.　 我想我不应该浪费我的时间来抱怨和担忧。(4) waste one’s breath 白费唇舌(5) go to waste 被浪费掉1. 用作动词，表示“浪费”，注意以下句型与结构：(1) 用于 waste time (money) on [over, upon] sth，表示“在……方面浪费时间（金钱）”。如：I don’t think we need waste much time on this. 我想我们不必在这上面浪费时间了。Don’t waste any more time over it. 不要再在这上面浪费时间了。 (2) 用于 waste time (money) (in, on) doing sth，表示“浪费时间（金钱）做某事”。如：She wasted her time and money (on) paying bribes. 她将时间和金钱浪费于贿赂。We wasted a whole afternoon (in) trying to repair the car. 我们浪费了整整一下午的时间想把汽车修理好。waste 之后也可接除 time, money 之外的名词作宾语。如：Don’t waste your efforts on helping him. 不要白费力气去帮他。I’m not going to waste any more words on the subject. 我不想在这个问题上多费唇舌了。