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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• FLUID WASTE TREATMENT& DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT waste matter carried away in sewers or drains.
  废（污）水处理和排放设备下水道或排水沟排出的液体废物。
• The liquid sewage then returns to the device to carry the solid waste away to the processing plant.
  交换完能量之后的液体污水会流回到该装置中，把滤下来的固体污物再带走，流向污水处理厂。
• The gas clean system adopts spraying cooling round water, effectively to resolve the waste water drain away.
  产生的煤气冷却净化系统，采用系统内水循环工艺，有效地解决了污水排放问题；
• Grow weak and thin or waste away physically.
  身体长得瘦小虚弱或日益消瘦。
• He became ill and began to waste away.
  他病了，渐渐消瘦下去。
• 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。