throw something away
phrasal verb with throwverbuk /θrəʊ/ us /θroʊ/threw | thrown
to waste a skill or opportunity: 浪费掉（本领）;错过（机会）
You've spent three years working hard in college - don't throw it all away.你已经花了3年时间在大学学习——不要荒废了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wasting
boondoggle
dissipate
dissipation
down the drainidiom
flabbily
piss
piss something away
prodigal
prodigality
prodigally
profligacy
spendthrift
squander
throw good money after badidiom
toss
toss something away
uneconomic
unthrifty
wastage
wasted
throw away something | American Dictionary
throw away something
phrasal verb with throwverbus/θroʊ/past tensethrewus/θru/ | past participlethrownus/θroʊn/
to get rid of something by treating it as garbage:
When are you going to throw away those old magazines?
throw sth away | Business English
throw sth away
phrasal verb with throwverb[ T ]uk /θrəʊ/usthrew | thrown
ENVIRONMENT
to get rid of something you do not want any more:
US consumers throw away around 100 billion plastic bags annually.
See also
throw sth out
to waste an opportunity because of behaving in a particular way:
throw away a career/chance/an opportunityShe threw away a promising political career by daring to speak out against her party.
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