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

• 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。
• 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。
• The waste water is piped away to a special place.
  废水通过管道排往特定的地点。
• I do n't want to stay in Beijing and I do n't want to go to the western hills. I'm going to take the train southward where no one knows me and waste away what's left of my life.
  但是我不愿留在北京，西山更不愿去了，我决计搭车南下，在无人认识的地方，浪费我生命的余剩；
• It's a wasteful to throw reusable waste away.
  扔掉可回收的废物是很浪费的。
• 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。
• Grow weak and thin or waste away physically.
  身体长得瘦小虚弱或日益消瘦。
• Sometimes I swear I'm going to waste away.
  有时候我发现我日渐消瘦了。
• Do you sort the waste before throwing it away?
  你扔掉垃圾前分类了吗？
• 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。