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

• The time and energy people waste pumping away at their arms should be spent on developing the major muscle groups.
  许多人浪费时间与力气在练他们的手臂，而他们应该要多花点时间在练他们的主要肌群上。
• Meanwhile, Lian-xiang began to waste away.
  同时，莲香开始呈现虚弱。
• 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。
• 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。
• FLUID WASTE TREATMENT& DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT waste matter carried away in sewers or drains.
  废（污）水处理和排放设备下水道或排水沟排出的液体废物。
• It's a wasteful to throw reusable waste away.
  扔掉可回收的废物是很浪费的。
• Unfortunately, most people dont have the drive to do something about it. They waste away their time and talents day dreaming of what could be instead of living the life they want.
  不幸的是，大部分的人没有力量驱动他们去做。他们浪费了时间和天赋，做着想要的生活的白日梦。
• 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。
• The waste water is piped away to a special place.
  废水通过管道排往特定的地点。