throw away

参见：throwaway 和 throw-away

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throw away (第三人称单数简单现在时 throws away，现在分词 throwing away，过去式 threw away，过去分词 thrown away)

1. (及物) 扔掉，抛弃

   近义词：參見 discard

   He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldn't find a trash can.

   他想把杯子扔掉，但找不到垃圾桶。

   Don't throw the newspaper away, it goes in the recycle bin!

   不要把报纸扔掉，应该扔进回收箱！

2. (及物，比喻义) 浪费

   Voting for a third-party candidate sometimes feels like throwing your vote away.

   投票给第三方候选人有时感觉就像是把选票扔掉一样。

   The team threw away its chance at the semifinals.

   该队浪费了进入半决赛的机会。

   • 1975, Freddie Mercury, “Bohemian Rhapsody” (song), in Queen (band), A Night at the Opera (album):

     Mama, life has just begun. / But now I've gone and thrown it all away.

     妈妈，生活才刚刚开始。/但现在我却把一切都挥霍掉了。

   • 2011年9月28日, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, 出自 BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.

     比赛还剩五分钟时，替补出场的萨洛蒙·卡卢手球犯规，送给瓦伦西亚一个点球，切尔西因此浪费掉了两分。

3. (美式足球，俚语) 故意不成功传球
4. (俗语) 轻率、随意地给出
   • 2017年8月13日, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, 出自 The Onion AV Club‎^[2]:

     As Gilly plays sitcom wife, reading aloud from a book while Sam tries to read his own across the table, she throws away a line about someone named Maynard once having annulled the marriage of someone named Prince Raggar and remarrying him in the same ceremony in Dorne.

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派生词汇

• throw-away
• throwaway
• throw away the key
• throw money away