rubbish

n.垃圾；废物；废话；碎屑

v.贬损

The dustman comes once a week to collect the rubbish. 垃圾工每周来收一次垃圾。

He was gulled into buying rubbish. 他被骗买了废物。

I thought he talked a lot of rubbish. 我觉得他谈的都是些废话。

The film was rubbished by the critics. 影评家把这部影片贬得一无是处。

The government's plan was rubbished by the opposition parties. 政府的计划被反对党批得一钱不值。

rubbish的基本意思是“垃圾,废弃物”,指已经或将要被扔掉的无价值或无用途的东西,是不可数名词。引申可表示“无意义的东西”“废话,胡说八道”,多用于贬义。

“一堆垃圾”可说a pile〔collect〕 of rubbish。

在英式英语指残羹剩饭或那些准备扔掉的东西都称rubbish; 而美式英语中残羹剩饭称garbage,准备扔掉的东西称trash。但无论是英式英语还是美式英语,对要扔掉的东西,都可用一个更为正式的词,即refuse。

rubbish用作动词的意思是“贬损…”“把…说〔看〕得一钱不值”,是非正式用语,尤用于英国和澳大利亚。

rubbish是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。

adj.无价值的(垃圾的)