wastage

英 [ˈweɪstɪdʒ]

美 [ˈweɪstɪdʒ]

n.  耗费; 损耗; 浪费; 损耗量; 耗费量; 浪费量; (雇员的)减员; (学生的)流失人数

复数：wastages　

IELTS化学

BNC.14096 / COCA.34104

牛津词典

noun

• 耗费；损耗；浪费
  the fact of losing or destroying sth, especially because it has been used or dealt with carelessly
  1. It was a new production technique aimed at minimizing wastage.
     这是一项旨在使损耗减至最低的新生产技术。
• 损耗量；耗费量；浪费量
  the amount of sth that is wasted
  1. There is little wastage from a lean cut of meat.
     瘦肉基本上不会浪费。
• （雇员的）减员；（学生的）流失人数
  the loss of employees because they stop working or move to other jobs; the number of students who do not finish a particular course of study
  1. Half of the posts will be lost through natural wastage .
     有一半的职位通过自然减员将会空出。
  2. student wastage rates
     学生流失率

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 浪费;耗费;浪费量;消耗量
  Wastageof something is the act of wasting it or the amount of it that is wasted.
  1. ...a series of measures to prevent the wastage of water...
     一系列节水措施
  2. There was a lot of wastage and many wrong decisions were hastily taken.
     浪费巨大，同时又草率地作出了许多错误决定。
• N-UNCOUNT 消瘦;衰弱
  Wastageis the process by which part of someone's body gets weaker or smaller because they are very ill or have not eaten enough.
  1. This can lead to bodily weakness and muscle wastage.
     这样可能会导致身体虚弱和肌肉萎缩。
  2. ...the terrible wastage of his lungs.
     他的肺功能严重萎缩
• See also:British universities have very little wastage and their graduates are good...Wages are low and the wastage rate of staff is high.natural wastage

英英释义

noun

• anything lost by wear or waste
• the process of wasting

双语例句

• Both wastewater feeding and sludge wastage were controlled by peristaltic pumps and timers.
  废水输送和污泥量通过蠕动泵和定时器来控制。
• Gas companies have to cut down on wastage.
  煤气公司不得不降低损耗。
• We need to reduce water wastage in the area.
  我们需要减少这一地区水的浪费量。
• The matter of the body is continually changing by process of nutriment and wastage.
  肉体的物质通过营养与消耗的过程不断变化着。
• He said agricultural practices could easily be improved to reduce the wastage of water.
  他表示，可以容易地改进农业生产方式，以减少水资源损耗。
• Fuzzy inference component is applied to fault diagnosis expert system of power wastage in power system of a satellite.
  最后针对某型号卫星的电源系统，将模糊推理组件应用在电源损耗器故障诊断专家系统中。
• The company has made considerable savings through good housekeeping, such as avoiding wastage.
  该公司通过诸如避免浪费等有效的内部管理方法节约了数量可观的资金。
• Voluntary redundancies and natural wastage will cut staff numbers to the required level.
  自愿离职和自然减员将使员工数量减至所需的水平。
• Governments across Asia are insisting that industry cuts energy wastage.
  亚洲不同地区的政府机构一直在坚持削减工业能源消耗。
• This leads to a lot of wastage in the industry. I wanted to fix that problem.
  它导致这个行业出现了大量损耗，我希望解决这个问题。