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

That's over 60 minutes per day, some of which could be devoted to moving your body rather than letting it waste away in front of a screen.
也就是说，美国人每天花60分钟以上的时间上网。其实与其将时间浪费在电脑屏幕前，还不如去运动呢。
The bath is fitted with double filters-through which the waste could be drained away.
浴室安装有两个滤水器，通过它们废物能被排出。
I see you just let my face masks waste away.
我看你就是想让我们的面膜浪费掉。
It's a wasteful to throw reusable waste away.
扔掉可回收的废物是很浪费的。
Unfortunately, most people dont have the drive to do something about it. They waste away their time and talents day dreaming of what could be instead of living the life they want.
不幸的是，大部分的人没有力量驱动他们去做。他们浪费了时间和天赋，做着想要的生活的白日梦。
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。
The objective will be to divert all waste away from landfill during the Games.
所有的废弃物都不运去垃圾场填埋，这就是奥运会期间的目标。
He became ill and began to waste away.
他病了，渐渐消瘦下去。
Sometimes I swear I'm going to waste away.
有时候我发现我日渐消瘦了。
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。