throwaway

英 [ˈθrəʊəweɪ]

美 [ˈθroʊəweɪ]

adj.  脱口而出的; 顺嘴说出的; 开玩笑的; 用后丢弃的; 一次性使用的
n.  （使用后抛弃的）广告传单; 散单; 宣传小册子

复数：throwaways　

经济

BNC.23654 / COCA.20298

牛津词典

adj.

• 脱口而出的；顺嘴说出的；开玩笑的
  something you say quickly without careful thought, sometimes in order to be funny
  1. She was very upset at what to him was just a throwaway remark.
     对他来说这只是随口说说而已，而她听了却很不高兴。
• 用后丢弃的；一次性使用的
  produced cheaply and intended to be thrown away after use
  1. throwaway products
     一次性使用的产品
  2. We live in a throwaway society (= a society in which things are not made to last a long time) .
     我们生活在一次性物品充斥的社会。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 一次性的;用完即弃的
  Athrowawayproduct is intended to be used only for a short time, and then to be thrown away.
  1. Now they are producing throwaway razors.
     他们正在生产一次性剃须刀。
  2. Athrowawayis a throwaway product.
     一次性产品
  3. She's taken surplus goods and throwaways and given them useful new lives with the aid of paint and imagination.
     借助于油漆和想象力，她赋予了剩余商品和一次性产品新的功用和生命。
• ADJ (讲话、动作)不经意的，随意的
  If you say that someone makes athrowawayremark or gesture, you mean that they make it in a casual way, although it may be important, or have some serious or humorous effect.
  1. ...a throwaway remark she later regretted...
     她脱口而出后就后悔的话
  2. The humour and throwaway lines ensure that the piece never loses its pace.
     幽默和即兴的台词确保了这出戏自始至终的流畅。

英英释义

noun

• words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
• an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
  1. he mailed the circular to all subscribers
  Synonym:circularhandbillbillbroadsidebroadsheetflierflyer
• (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
  Synonym:street arabgamin

双语例句

• But this year, instead of spending your money on throwaway items, why not save it for something big like a vacation or a computer?
  不过今年，与其把钱花在那些用过即丢的东西，何不把钱省下来用在度假或买计算机等大件物品上？
• In addition to hiding addresses, a secretive e-mailer often uses one or more of the free e-mail services for "throwaway" addresses.
  除了隐藏地址之外，隐蔽的电子邮件使用者还常常使用一个或多个免费的电子邮件服务，他们将这些地址作为“用完即弃”的地址。
• Maybe it'll be big, and maybe it'll be a throwaway that never makes it outside our team, let alone out the door as open source, but I think we're years away from knowing either way.
  也许它会做大，也许它用过不久就会被扔到一边，永远不会飞出我们这个小组成为开源项目。不过无论如何，要到几年以后才能看出它会走上哪条道路。
• Also be prepared for a seemingly throwaway question at the end of the interview.
  面试快结束的时候，要对一些看似漫不经心的问题有所准备。
• The policewoman took good care of the throwaway baby as a temporary mother.
  女警察充当一个临时母亲，照顾好这个被遗弃的婴孩。
• People are divided in this throwaway society where things get abandoned easily and deleting anything is as easy as pressing a button.
  这是个且用且扔的社会，一切都可以轻易丢弃，只要点击一下按钮什么都能删除。
• A prototype is really a partially built program, not a throwaway.
  实际上，原型是一个被部分构建的程序，而不是在测试之后即被丢弃的废品。
• In the news stand, you find a lot of cheap throwaway newspapers and magazines.
  在报刊亭，大量的报纸和杂志都是看完就扔掉的垃圾。
• The humour and throwaway lines ensure that the piece never loses its pace.
  幽默和即兴的台词确保了这出戏自始至终的流畅。
• The notion that your 20s are a throwaway decade has become a dangerous fallacy that too many millennials may come to regret later in their careers.
  所谓20岁到30岁是可以挥霍的十年这种观念，已经成为一种极其危险的谬论。太多虚度这段光阴的80后和90后将来肯定会后悔不迭的。