waste
gb/wˈeɪst/ us/wˈeɪst/
A2
انگلیسی
~ 2700
hulladék, szemét, pazarol, pazarlás, időpazarlás, pénzkidobás, lesoványodott
اسم
A2
1
الگوی کاربرد:
[something] is waste
The factory produces a lot of chemical waste.
A gyár sok vegyi hulladékot termel.
Please put your food waste in the compost bin.
Kérlek, tedd az ételmaradékot a komposztálóba.
Electronic waste is a growing environmental problem.
They are finding new ways to recycle plastic waste.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
The bin is full of waste.
A kuka tele van szeméttel.
We must not throw waste in the street.
Nem szabad szemetet dobni az utcára.
This machine reduces food waste.
They burn the waste at the plant.
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (unwanted material) with 'waste' (to use carelessly). Context helps to distinguish them.
معنی
Unwanted or unusable material
ترکیبهای رایج
waste disposal
|waste management
|reduce waste
|waste collection
|hazardous waste
هممعنیها
garbage (More common in North American English for household waste; less formal.)
متضادها
resource (Something useful or valuable, the opposite of unwanted material.)
موضوعها
environment
|daily life
|business
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
Things that are not wanted and are thrown away.
Material that is no longer needed and is discarded because it has no use.
فعل
A2
2
pazarol
B1
الگوی کاربرد:
to waste [something] on [something/someone]
Don't waste your time arguing with him.
Ne pazarold az idődet azzal, hogy vele vitatkozol.
She wasted a lot of money on clothes she never wore.
Rengeteg pénzt pazarolt olyan ruhákra, amelyeket soha nem hordott.
We can't afford to waste energy during the winter.
He wasted his talent on a job he hated.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
Don't waste water when you wash dishes.
Ne pazarold a vizet mosogatás közben.
She wasted all her money on toys.
Minden pénzét játékokra pazarolta.
We waste too much paper at school.
He wasted his chance to win.
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (to use badly) with 'spend' (neutral). 'Spend' is not always negative.
معنی
Use carelessly or without benefit
ترکیبهای رایج
waste time
|waste money
|waste resources
|waste energy
هممعنیها
squander (More formal and often used for money or opportunities.)
متضادها
conserve (To use something carefully so it lasts longer.)
موضوعها
daily life
|business
|core_vocabulary
|finance
تعریف
To use something in a bad way so that it is lost.
To use time, money, energy, or other resources in a careless or unnecessary way so that they are lost or not used effectively.
اسم
A2
3
It would be a waste of time to try again.
Időpazarlás lenne újra megpróbálni.
Throwing away good food is such a waste.
Jó ételt kidobni nagy pazarlás.
The meeting was a total waste of resources.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
The trip was a waste of money.
Az utazás pénzkidobás volt.
This game is a waste of time.
Ez a játék időpazarlás.
Selling the car now is a waste.
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may confuse this noun sense with the physical-material noun sense; here it is about the act, not the object.
معنی
Unnecessary use of something valuable
ترکیبهای رایج
a waste of time
|a waste of money
|a complete waste
هممعنیها
misuse (Focuses more on wrong or improper use rather than simply careless loss.)
متضادها
efficient use (Using something in the best possible way.)
موضوعها
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|finance
تعریف
When something valuable is used in a bad way and lost.
An act or instance of using something valuable carelessly or without purpose.
B2
4
The patient looked pale and wasted after months in bed.
A beteg sápadtnak és lesoványodottnak tűnt, miután hónapokig ágyban feküdt.
He was wasted by the long illness.
A hosszú betegség teljesen lesoványította és legyengítette.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
She looks wasted after the sickness.
A betegség után nagyon lesoványodottnak látszik.
He became wasted from hunger.
Az éhezéstől teljesen lesoványodott.
The old man was wasted by disease.
معنی
Thin and weak from illness or hunger
ترکیبهای رایج
waste body
|waste appearance
هممعنیها
emaciated (More formal and medical term for extremely thin due to illness.)
متضادها
healthy (Having good health and normal strength.)
موضوعها
health
|body
تعریف
Very thin and weak because of being sick or not having enough food.
Physically thin, weak, and unhealthy, often due to illness or lack of food over time.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
waste
IPA
GB/wˈeɪst/
US/wˈeɪst/
هجاها و تکیه
waste (۱ هجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (waste)
صورتهای واژه
Adjective
- Base: waste
Noun
- Base: waste
- Plural: waste, wastes
Verb
- Base: waste
- 3rd Person Singular: wastes
- Present Participle: wasting
- Past: wasted
خانوادهٔ واژه
Forms
wastes
noun
wasting
verb
wasted
verb
Core family
wasteful
adjective B2
Related words
wastefully
adverb
wastefulness
noun
Advanced or less common
wastage
noun
عبارتها
a waste of space
1/ə wˈeɪst əv spˈeɪs/
idiom
informal
Useless person or thing
Someone or something that is useless and takes up space.
نمونهها
- That broken printer is just a waste of space.
- He's such a waste of space—he never helps with anything.
go to waste
1/ɡˈoʊ tə wˈeɪst/
idiom
Be unused and spoiled/lost
To not be used and therefore be lost or ruined.
نمونهها
- Don't let those apples go to waste—make a pie!
- His skills went to waste in that boring job.
lay waste to
1/lˈeɪ wˈeɪst tə/
idiom
literary
Destroy completely; devastate
To completely destroy something so that nothing is left.
نمونهها
- The hurricane laid waste to the coastal towns.
- The army laid waste to the enemy's land.
waste away
1/wˈeɪst əwˈeɪ/
phrasal verb
Become thin and weak from illness/hunger
To slowly become very thin and weak because of sickness or lack of food.
نمونهها
- She wasted away after months in hospital.
- The dog was wasting away when they found it.