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 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• Do you sort the waste before throwing it away?
  你扔掉垃圾前分类了吗？
• It's a wasteful to throw reusable waste away.
  扔掉可回收的废物是很浪费的。
• Alongside Wadi Naam, a dusty Bedouin camp of4,000 people, a toxic waste plant puffs away.
  沿着旺地那阿姆，灰尘飞扬的的4000人的贝都因人驻地，一个有毒的垃圾处理厂冒出滚滚浓烟。
• The objective will be to divert all waste away from landfill during the Games.
  所有的废弃物都不运去垃圾场填埋，这就是奥运会期间的目标。
• 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。
• It is a waste to throw away good food.
  把好的食物扔掉是浪费。
• A cell's normal environment is a complex network of tiny fibers, gaps and pores through which oxygen, hormones and nutrients are delivered and waste products filtered away.
  细胞周围正常微环境是由纤维、沟以及孔形成的复杂网络，用以将氧气、激素和营养物质运输给细胞，同时将废物过滤出。