詞彙精選：rubbish的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
adj.
毫無價值的
例句：
He was rubbish at his job.
他的工作做得差勁極了。
例句：
I tried playing golf, but I was rubbish.
我試過打高爾夫球，但是我的球技太爛了。
n.
垃圾，廢物
例句：
We throw away too much rubbish.
我們扔掉的垃圾太多。
例句：
Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish.
有些漁夫不走運，他們沒釣魚，釣着的卻是破皮靴或廢物。
例句：
Our job is to clear away the rubbish.
我們的工作是清除這些垃圾。
廢話
例句：
He's talking rubbish.
他胡說八道。
例句：
These reports are total and utter rubbish.
這些報告廢話連篇。
v.
貶低，詆譭，將…說得一文不值 [T]
例句：
Five whole pages of script were devoted to rubbishing her political opponents.
整整5頁講稿都是對她的政敵的詆譭。
例句：
Officials have simply rubbished all positive ideas.
官員們對所有的正面意見一律否決。
二、詞義辨析：
waste,garbage,rubbish,litter,debris,junk
這些名詞均含“廢物，垃圾”之意。waste普通用詞，概念廣泛，指任何被丟棄的東西。garbage主要指有機廢料，包括廚房的剩菜剩飯或不能再用的食物。也可作引申用。rubbish普通用詞，指任何成堆的、破損的、用過的或無用的東西，尤指棄掉的垃圾堆。也可作引申用。litter是四下亂丟物品的總稱，尤指散落於地，有礙觀瞻的廢物。debris着重指分解、分裂或破壞後剩下的碎片，也指零散的普通廢品。junk指回收的舊汽車或大型機器，也指毫無實用價值，或破爛物體，但不指垃圾。
三、相關短語：
rubbish dump
垃圾堆
四、參考例句：
Please put the rubbish into the rubbish bin.
請把垃圾放進垃圾箱裏。
She carried the rubbish away.
她把垃圾拿走了。
What utter rubbish he talks!
他完全是胡說！
'Rubbish,' I grunted.
“廢話，”我嘟噥了一聲。
There's a rubbish bin.
這有一個垃圾箱。
He was rubbish at his job.
他的工作做得差勁極了。
He has disposed of the rubbish properly.
他已經適當地處理了垃圾。
Put your rubbish in the bin.
把你的垃圾放進箱子。
We throw away too much rubbish.
我們扔掉的垃圾太多。
Throw the rubbish into the trash bin.
垃圾扔進垃圾箱裏。
