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

• Do you sort the waste before throwing it away?
  你扔掉垃圾前分类了吗？
• 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。
• He became ill and began to waste away.
  他病了，渐渐消瘦下去。
• Better yet, once the saw blade has stopped, use a piece of scrap or a push stick to move the waste away from the blade.
  更安全的方法是，在电锯停转后，用一根棍子或一块废铁去清理刀片旁的碎屑。
• 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。
• 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；
• Sometimes I swear I'm going to waste away.
  有时候我发现我日渐消瘦了。
• 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。
• 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。