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

• It's a wasteful to throw reusable waste away.
  扔掉可回收的废物是很浪费的。
• Meanwhile, Lian-xiang began to waste away.
  同时，莲香开始呈现虚弱。
• It is a waste to throw away good food.
  把好的食物扔掉是浪费。
• 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。
• He became ill and began to waste away.
  他病了，渐渐消瘦下去。
• Huntington's disease: is a disorder passed down through families in which nerve cells in the brain waste away, or degenerate.
  亨廷顿病（舞蹈病）是一种家族遗传病，缘于大脑中的神经元衰弱或退化造成的失调紊乱。
• 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。
• Machines were expected to do our work for us, leaving us with ever-increasing quantities of time to waste away on idleness and pleasure.
  那时我们觉得机器会替代我们工作，我们则有越来越多的时间休闲娱乐。
• I see you just let my face masks waste away.
  我看你就是想让我们的面膜浪费掉。
• Do you sort the waste before throwing it away?
  你扔掉垃圾前分类了吗？