waste
gb/wˈeɪst/ us/wˈeɪst/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 2700
hulladék, szemét, pazarol, pazarlás, időpazarlás, pénzkidobás, lesoványodott
คำนาม
A2
1
รูปแบบการใช้:
[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.
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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.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (unwanted material) with 'waste' (to use carelessly). Context helps to distinguish them.
ความหมาย
Unwanted or unusable material
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
waste disposal
|waste management
|reduce waste
|waste collection
|hazardous waste
คำพ้องความหมาย
garbage (More common in North American English for household waste; less formal.)
คำตรงข้าม
resource (Something useful or valuable, the opposite of unwanted material.)
หัวข้อ
environment
|daily life
|business
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
Things that are not wanted and are thrown away.
Material that is no longer needed and is discarded because it has no use.
คำกริยา
A2
2
pazarol
B1
รูปแบบการใช้:
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.
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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.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (to use badly) with 'spend' (neutral). 'Spend' is not always negative.
ความหมาย
Use carelessly or without benefit
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
waste time
|waste money
|waste resources
|waste energy
คำพ้องความหมาย
squander (More formal and often used for money or opportunities.)
คำตรงข้าม
conserve (To use something carefully so it lasts longer.)
หัวข้อ
daily life
|business
|core_vocabulary
|finance
คำจำกัดความ
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.
คำนาม
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.
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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.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse this noun sense with the physical-material noun sense; here it is about the act, not the object.
ความหมาย
Unnecessary use of something valuable
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
a waste of time
|a waste of money
|a complete waste
คำพ้องความหมาย
misuse (Focuses more on wrong or improper use rather than simply careless loss.)
คำตรงข้าม
efficient use (Using something in the best possible way.)
หัวข้อ
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|finance
คำจำกัดความ
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.
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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.
ความหมาย
Thin and weak from illness or hunger
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
waste body
|waste appearance
คำพ้องความหมาย
emaciated (More formal and medical term for extremely thin due to illness.)
คำตรงข้าม
healthy (Having good health and normal strength.)
หัวข้อ
health
|body
คำจำกัดความ
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.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
waste
IPA
GB/wˈeɪst/
US/wˈeɪst/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
waste (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (waste)
รูปคำ
Adjective
- Base: waste
Noun
- Base: waste
- Plural: waste, wastes
Verb
- Base: waste
- 3rd Person Singular: wastes
- Present Participle: wasting
- Past: wasted
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Forms
wastes
noun
wasting
verb
wasted
verb
Core family
wasteful
adjective B2
Related words
wastefully
adverb
wastefulness
noun
Advanced or less common
wastage
noun
วลีและสำนวน
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.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- She wasted away after months in hospital.
- The dog was wasting away when they found it.