英语词源
- wasted (adj.)
- late 14c., "enfeebled," past participle adjective from waste (v.). Slang meaning "intoxicated" is from 1950s.
权威例句
- 1. A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented, frustrated, wasted people.
- 有几个是愚笨的寄生虫，但是大多数是有才能却不得志而自暴自弃的人。
- 2. His manual dexterity and fine spatial skills were wasted on routine tasks.
- 他灵巧的动手能力和杰出的空间识别能力都浪费在日常事务上了。
- 3. Tom wasted no time in telling me why he had come.
- 汤姆马上告诉了我他来的原因。
- 4. Too much time has been wasted in sterile debate.
- 在毫无新意的辩论上已经浪费了太多时间。
- 5. All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him.
- 他对所有善意、真挚的建议基本都无动于衷。