wasting

英 [ˈweɪstɪŋ]

美 [ˈweɪstɪŋ]

adj.  (指疾病)消耗性的，使消瘦的，使虚弱的
v.  浪费; 滥用; 白费; 糟蹋; 未充分利用; 使…屈才
waste的现在分词

现在分词：wasting　

医学

BNC.34156 / COCA.33574

牛津词典

adj.

• （指疾病）消耗性的，使消瘦的，使虚弱的
  a wasting disease or illness is one that causes sb to gradually become weaker and thinner

柯林斯词典

• (疾病)使人消瘦衰弱的，消耗性的
  Awastingdisease is one which makes you gradually become thinner and weaker.

英英释义

noun

• a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  Synonym:atrophywasting away
• any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
  Synonym:cachexiacachexy

双语例句

• We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning a dead language.
  我们过去常常抱怨自己是在浪费时间学一门死语言。
• That teacher is wasting his effort trying to hammer useless facts into such children.
  那位老师在徒劳地向这些孩子反复灌输无用的知识。
• She worked while she talked; not wasting a moment.
  她一边说话一边干活，不肯荒废半点儿功夫。
• The tone of her voice told him he was wasting his breath.
  她的语气使他明白他是在白费口舌。
• If I did nothing, I was wasting my time and my life.
  如果我这样做什么，我是在浪费我的时间和我的生活。
• I think we might be wasting time.
  我想我们可能在浪费时间。
• It is part of the chairman's duty to keep each speaker to the point to save wasting time.
  使每位发言人不离题，少浪费时间，是主持人的部分职责。
• He spent all his money, as well as wasting his time.
  他不但糟蹋了时候，还花光了他所有的钱。
• Why was he wasting her time with these irrelevancies?
  他为什么要在这些无关紧要的事上浪费她的时间呢？
• Since my aunt's operation, she has simply been wasting away and may not last long.
  自从我姑母动手术后，她瘦弱得简直不成样子，可能不久于人世了。