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

• He became ill and began to waste away.
  他病了，渐渐消瘦下去。
• 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。
• The waste is safely locked away until it is no longer radioactive
  废料被安全储存起来，直到其不再有辐射性。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, Lian-xiang began to waste away.
  同时，莲香开始呈现虚弱。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is a waste to throw away good food.
  把好的食物扔掉是浪费。
• Sometimes I swear I'm going to waste away.
  有时候我发现我日渐消瘦了。
• 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。