waste做名词时可数吗

waste作"浪费,废料,垃圾等"的时候是"不可数名词"。但可连用不定冠词。用作形容词时，有荒芜的，废弃的等含义;作"荒地,荒漠,凄凉的景象"的时候是"可数名词" 。

例：

What a waste of paper!

多么浪费纸啊！

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Don't waste good money on that!

别把辛苦挣来的钱浪费在那上头！

Why waste money on clothes you don't need?

为什么浪费钱买你不需要的衣服呢？

Attempts are being made to solve the problem of waste disposal.

正在想办法解决废物处理的问题。

The kids were playing on waste ground near the school.

孩子们在学校附近的荒地玩耍。

It makes me wild to see such waste.

看到这种浪费现象让我非常生气。