VOA精听1500基础单词及例句：W开头单词英英释义及例句（1）
【wages】money received for work done.
* Jack receives his wages every Friday.
杰克每星期五领取他的工资。
【wait】(1) to delay acting; (2) to postpone.
* Wait for me. (1)
等等我。
* We will wait until next Tuesday to discuss the problem. (2)
我们将等到下星期二讨论这个问题。
【walk】to move by putting one foot in front of the other.
* She walks two miles every day.
她每天走两英里。
【wall】(1) the side of a room or building formed by wood, stone or other material; (2) a structure sometimes used to separate areas of land.
* He has many pictures on his wall. (1)
他的墙上有很多图片。
* China built the Great Wall to protect against enemy invasions. (2)
中国建造长城防止敌人侵略。
protect against：保护，保卫
【want】(1) to desire; (2) to wish for; (3) to need.
* He wants to see her more often. (1)
他希望更经常地见到她。
* She wants to win a lot of money in the lottery. (2)
她想在摸彩票中赢得许多钱。
* They want to eat now. (3)
他们想要现在吃。
【war】fighting between nations, or groups in a nation, using weapons.
* The world's last major war, World War II, ended in 1945.
世界上最近的主要战争是第二次世界大战，结束于1945。
【warm】(1) almost hot; (2) having or feeling some heat.
* My coffee is warm instead of hot. (1)
我的咖啡是温的而不是烫的。
instead of：(用…)代替…，(是…)而不是…，(用…)而不用…
* She likes to sit outside in the warm sunlight. (2)
她喜欢坐在外面温暖的阳光里。
【warn】(1) to tell of possible danger; (2) to advise or inform about something bad that may happen.
* A weather radio warns of dangerous storms. (1)
气象电台警告有危险的风暴。
* The President warned that the country may be entering an economic recession. (2)
总统警告说国家可能正进入经济衰退。
economic recession：经济衰退
【wash】to make clean, usually with water.
* Tommy says that he will wash the car today.
汤米说他今天将洗汽车。
【waste】(1) to spend or use without need or care; (2) to make bad use of; (3) a spending of money, time or effort with no value gained or returned; (4) something thrown away as having no value; (5) the liquid and solid substances that result from body processes and are passed out of the body.
* Do not waste your money by buying video games. (1)
不要通过买电视游戏浪费你的钱。
video game：计算机游戏，电视游戏
* He wasted his life by using drugs and alcohol. (2)
他借毒品和酒精来损耗他的生命。
* Watching television is a waste of time. (3)
看电视是浪费时间。
* Chemical wastes pollute our water supplies. (4)
化学废物污染我们的给水。
water supply：给水，自来水，供水系统
* How do astronauts deal with the problem of wastes from their bodies? (5)
宇航员怎样处理来自他们的身体的废物的问题？
deal with：安排，处理，涉及，做生意
【watch】(1) to look at; (2) to observe closely; (3) to look and wait for.
* Did you watch the football game on television? (1)
你在电视上看足球比赛了吗？
* Watch every move he makes. (2)
观察他的一举一动。
* I will watch for her train to arrive. (3)
我会等候她的火车到达。
watch for：寻找，等待
【water】the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceans.
* May I have some water, please?
请给我一些水好吗？
【wave】(1) to move or cause to move one way and the other, as a flag in the wind; (2) to signal by moving the hand one way and the other; (3) a large mass of water that forms and moves on the surface of a lake or ocean.
* The flag is waving in the wind. (1)
这面旗正迎风飘扬。
* She waved at me. (2)
她在向我挥手。
* The waves are especially large today. (3)
今天的波浪特别大。