waste away

英 [weɪst əˈweɪ]

美 [weɪst əˈweɪ]

变消瘦; 变衰弱

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 变消瘦;变衰弱
  If someonewastes away, they become extremely thin or weak because they are ill or worried and they are not eating properly.
  1. Persons dying from cancer grow thin and visibly waste away.
     因患癌症濒临死亡的人会日渐消瘦，而且身体明显衰弱。

双语例句

• That's over 60 minutes per day, some of which could be devoted to moving your body rather than letting it waste away in front of a screen.
  也就是说，美国人每天花60分钟以上的时间上网。其实与其将时间浪费在电脑屏幕前，还不如去运动呢。
• Better yet, once the saw blade has stopped, use a piece of scrap or a push stick to move the waste away from the blade.
  更安全的方法是，在电锯停转后，用一根棍子或一块废铁去清理刀片旁的碎屑。
• An important feature of the 1984 amendments is that they shifted the focus of hazardous waste management away from land disposal to treatment alternatives.
  1984年修正案的重要特点是，他们把危险废物管理的中心从土壤处理转移到用机器处理。
• PLAYBACK is also reducing landfill waste and doing away with the need for extra cotton growth, which means massive amounts of land and water are saved.
  PLAYBACK也减少填埋垃圾及棉花消费的额外增长，这意味着土地和水资源的大量需求得以保护。
• Persons dying from cancer grow thin and visibly waste away.
  因患癌症濒临死亡的人会日渐消瘦，而且身体明显衰弱。
• Make good use of every second: please start a self-promise from today on, do not waste away precious time and contribute ur inner efforts on things that mean much to u.
  善用分分秒秒：请从今天开始自我约定，不要虚掷宝贵的时间，把心力集中在对自己很重要的事情上。
• The waste water is piped away to a special place.
  废水通过管道排往特定的地点。
• The waste is safely locked away until it is no longer radioactive
  废料被安全储存起来，直到其不再有辐射性。
• It is a waste to throw away good food.
  把好的食物扔掉是浪费。
• The bath is fitted with double filters-through which the waste could be drained away.
  浴室安装有两个滤水器，通过它们废物能被排出。