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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• It is a waste to throw away good food.
  把好的食物扔掉是浪费。
• 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。
• It's a wasteful to throw reusable waste away.
  扔掉可回收的废物是很浪费的。
• He became ill and began to waste away.
  他病了，渐渐消瘦下去。