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

• 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。
• 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，她却很生气。
• "But I just had one small throwaway question and I didn't expect the answer I got," he says.
  “但我以前一直心存疑问，而且，我没想到会得到答案，”他说。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lambda functions ( or "anonymous functions," as they are often referred to) are simply throwaway functions that can be defined at any time and are typically bound to a variable.
  Lambda函数（或者通常所谓的“匿名函数”）是可以随时定义的简单抛弃型函数，并且通常都与变量绑定。
• However, before any of these single measurement benchmarks are carried out, the I loop does several throwaway benchmarks to let the JVM first fully optimize the code.
  但是，在执行这一次度量值基准测试之前，i循环会执行几次基准测试，让JVM能够完全完成代码优化。
• This information was revealed in a throwaway line, tagged on to the end of a casual conversation.
  这个情况是在一次不经意的谈话结束时随口附加之言中透露的。
• 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。