waste 是谓语动词,意为“浪费”;
后面接被浪费的资源(通常是时间、金钱、精力等名词,如 time, money, energy, effort 等);
doing sth. 是动名词短语,作“浪费资源”的对象/方式(即“通过做某事而浪费了资源”)。
1、 浪费时间做某事:
Don't waste your time playing video games all night.
(别整晚浪费时间打电子游戏。)
He wasted two hours waiting for a bus that never came.
(他浪费了两个小时等一辆根本没来的公交车。)
2、 浪费金钱做某事:
She wasted a lot of money buying expensive but useless bags.
(她浪费了很多钱买昂贵却没用的包。)
We shouldn't waste money repairing this old car—it's beyond fixing.
(我们不该浪费钱修这辆旧车——它已经修不好了。)
3、 浪费精力做某事:
Stop wasting your energy arguing with him—he never listens.
(别再浪费精力和他争论了——他根本不听。)
两者都表示“浪费…在…上”,但侧重点不同:
waste…on sth.:后接名词/代词(强调“浪费在某个事物上”);
例:He wasted too much time on social media.(他在社交媒体上浪费了太多时间。)
waste…doing sth.:后接动名词(强调“浪费在做某个动作上”);
例:He wasted too much time scrolling through social media.(他浪费了太多时间刷社交媒体。)
两者可以转换:
waste time on games = waste time playing games(浪费时间在游戏上/打游戏)
waste 的主语通常是人(主动浪费),也可以是物(被动浪费,但较少见);
被浪费的资源必须是具体的、可量化的(如 time/money,不能说 waste happiness doing sth.)。
总结:waste…doing sth. 核心是“消耗资源在无意义的行动上”,用动名词突出“做某事”的过程,是表达“浪费行为”的常用结构。