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

• 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。
• Make good use of every second: please start a self-promise from today on, do not waste away precious time and contribute ur inner efforts on things that mean much to u.
  善用分分秒秒：请从今天开始自我约定，不要虚掷宝贵的时间，把心力集中在对自己很重要的事情上。
• 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。
• It's a wasteful to throw reusable waste away.
  扔掉可回收的废物是很浪费的。
• 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。
• He became ill and began to waste away.
  他病了，渐渐消瘦下去。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。