每天三分鐘學英語 第251期:外國人說 waste 竟然不是"浪費"的意思?

情景對話：

Do you think he is capable of listening to reason?
What kind of reason? Like "Dear Krazy-8, listen, "if I let you go, will you promise not to come back and waste my family? "

知識點筆記：

Waste 浪費

【例句】
People wasted so much food at the party. There are full of plates of food that we have to throw out.
派對上大家浪費了很多食物。整盤整盤的食物都被扔掉了。

Be wasted on someone
某個好東西給某人真是浪費了

【例句】
That sports car is wasted on Derek. He never goes above 60mph.
那輛跑車給Derek真是浪費了。他從來不開60英里以上。

Waste one's breath
浪費口舌

【例句一】
Don't waste your breath. Rita's not going to listen to a word you say.
別浪費口舌了，你說的話Rita一個字都不會聽的。

【例句二】
He's wasting his breath if he thinks Ross will care for his advice.
他真是浪費口舌，如果他覺得Ross會聽他的建議的話。

Waste no time doing something
馬上做某事

【例句一】
Once we finished the assignment our boss wasted no time giving us more work.
我們完成了任務以後老闆馬上給了我們新工作。

【例句二】
Cindy wasted no time finding a new boyfriend after breaking up with her ex.
Cindy在和他男朋友分手之後馬上就找了個新男朋友。

Waste 殺人，毀掉某物

【例句一】
Leon is very good at Street Fighter. He wasted me in less than 2 minutes.
Leon玩Street Fighter特別厲害，2分鐘就把我打死了。

【例句二】
I dropped my phone in the toilet and now it's wasted. It won't even start.
我把電話掉廁所裏了，現在它完蛋了，都開不了機。

Wasted 爛醉，廢掉了

【例句】
Sandy was wasted last night. We had to carry her back home.
Sandy昨晚喝得爛醉，我們不得不把她擡回家。

再擴展一個表達：
hammer 錘子
它也可以同樣表示“爛醉”

I was so hammered last night.
我昨晚喝得爛醉。

a waste 浪費
名詞用法

【例句一】
Putting a couch in the middle of the room is a waste of space.
把沙發放在屋子的中間是浪費空間。

【例句二】
I did all that for nothing. What a waste of time!
那個東西我白做了。簡直就是浪費時間。

Chemical waste
化學廢料