garbage
n
1 [U] (esp US)
(a) waste material, esp domestic refuse 废物; (尤指家庭的)垃圾
[attrib 作定语]
garbage collection/disposal 垃圾收集[处理]
a garbage truck 垃圾车.
(b) place or receptacle for disposing of this 垃圾场; 垃圾箱
Throw any left-over food in the garbage. 把剩下的食物倒进垃圾箱里.
2 [U] (fig infml 比喻, 口) nonsense; rubbish 废话; 无聊的话
You do talk a load of garbage! 你的废话太多了!
3 [U] (fig computing 比喻, 计) meaningless or irrelevant data 无意义的或无关联的资料或数据.
4 (idm 习语) garbage `in, garbage `out (infml 口) (in computing) if you input wrong data, the output will also be wrong (计算机运算中)错进, 错出(若输入错误数据, 则输出亦为错误数据).
Second, if your friends have problems, do not give advice. Ask questions instead, such as What do yo want? How do you feel about it? What are you afraid might happen? They will be able to find answers to any problems themselves, with your support. They