throw away

參見：throwaway 和 throw-away

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throw away (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 throws away，現在分詞 throwing away，過去式 threw away，過去分詞 thrown away)

(及物) 扔掉，拋棄
近義詞：參見 discard

He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldn't find a trash can.
他想把杯子扔掉，但找不到垃圾桶。

Don't throw the newspaper away, it goes in the recycle bin!
不要把報紙扔掉，應該扔進回收箱！
(及物，比喻義) 浪費
Voting for a third-party candidate sometimes feels like throwing your vote away.
投票給第三方候選人有時感覺就像是把選票扔掉一樣。

The team threw away its chance at the semifinals.
該隊浪費了進入半決賽的機會。
- 1975, Freddie Mercury, 「Bohemian Rhapsody」 (song), in Queen (band), A Night at the Opera (album):
  Mama, life has just begun. / But now I've gone and thrown it all away.
  媽媽，生活才剛剛開始。/但現在我卻把一切都揮霍掉了。
- 2011年9月28日, Jon Smith, 「Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea」, 出自 BBC Sport‎^[1]:
  Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.
  比賽還剩五分鐘時，替補出場的薩洛蒙·卡盧手球犯規，送給瓦倫西亞一個點球，切爾西因此浪費掉了兩分。
(美式足球，俚語) 故意不成功傳球
(俗語) 輕率、隨意地給出
- 2017年8月13日, Brandon Nowalk, 「Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)」, 出自 The Onion AV Club‎^[2]:
  As Gilly plays sitcom wife, reading aloud from a book while Sam tries to read his own across the table, she throws away a line about someone named Maynard once having annulled the marriage of someone named Prince Raggar and remarrying him in the same ceremony in Dorne.
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