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。
• 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。
• He will kill your spirit, and your body will waste away after you.
  他会杀死你的灵魂，你的身躯也将随之消毁。
• 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。
• Do you sort the waste before throwing it away?
  你扔掉垃圾前分类了吗？
• Grow weak and thin or waste away physically.
  身体长得瘦小虚弱或日益消瘦。
• It's a wasteful to throw reusable waste away.
  扔掉可回收的废物是很浪费的。
• 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；
• 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 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。