| 词汇 | consume |
| 释义 | consume verb[ T ] uk /kənˈsjuːm/ us /kənˈsuːm/ consumeverb[T] (USE RESOURCE)C1 to use fuel, energy, time, or a product, especially in large amounts: （尤指大量地）消耗，消费，花费 Our high living standards cause our current population to consume 25 percent of the world's oil.我们的高生活水准致使我们目前的人口要消耗世界石油的25%。 Most of their manufactured products are consumed domestically. The software consumes huge amounts of internet bandwidth. B2formal to eat or drink something: 摄取，咽下（食物） He consumes huge amounts of bread with every meal.他每顿饭都要吃掉大量的面包。 She avoids consuming caffeine in any form. Most people in rich countries consume more protein than they need. to eat food eatWhat do you want to eat for lunch? haveI'll just have one more piece of chocolate cake. consumeHe consumes vast quantities of bread with every meal. devourThe children devoured a whole packet of biscuits. bolt (down)Don't bolt down your food - you'll make yourself ill! gobble (up/down)The children gobbled their sweets. to watch or read forms of media(= the internet, television, newspapers, magazines, etc.) or take in information from these: The internet has completely changed how people consume media. In the course of a typical day we might consume hundreds of ads. Children's films are also avidly consumed by adults. The defence budget consumes vast amounts of money. These pumps consume electricity at a phenomenal rate. These legal challenges will consume already limited government resources. It's the sum total of what you eat over a long period that matters and not what you consume in a day.重要的是你长期所吃的食物的总和，而不是你某一天所吃的东西。 Alcohol should be consumed in moderation, and this is particularly true for pregnant women.饮酒应适量，对孕妇尤其如此。 We recommend that this wine should be consumed within six months.我们建议该酒在6个月内饮用完毕。 The splintering of mass media allows us to consume news that we like and avoid news that we don't, so our long-held perceptions are never challenged. People can choose how they want to consume content — on their TV, on their computer, on their phone. Using and misusing adopt adoption avail avail yourself of something be/go heavy on somethingidiom exhaust give/allow something full playidiom go into something go through gobble something up make capital out of somethingidiom spare spent swallow tap turn over turn to someone/something turn/use something to good accountidiom unblock underuse You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Eating Drinking Media in general consumeverb[T] (DESTROY)If a fire consumes something, it destroys it completely.（火）吞噬，烧毁，毁灭 to burn down or burn something down burn downThe family home burned down in a matter of hours. burn to the groundToday marks 400 years since the theatre burned to the ground. go upAfter the initial explosion, the building went up in a matter of minutes. go up in flamesThe precious collection went up in flames. go up in smokeAll my life's work has gone up in smoke. consumeAll her possessions were consumed in the blaze. be consumed by/with something C2 to have so much of a feeling that it affects everything you do: 充满（某种强烈的感情） He was consumed with jealousy.他心里满是嫉妒。 Burning, burnt & on fire afire aflame alight blaze burn (something) down burn sb up burned out burnt out char combustible flare frazzled incinerate inflammable on fireidiom post-burn reignite scald self-immolation unburnable You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Destroying and demolishing consume | American Dictionaryconsume verb[ T ] us/kənˈsum/ to use fuel, energy, or time, esp. in large amounts: Weekend shopping chores consumed much of her time. To consume is also to eat or drink: They consume a lot of candy. If a fire consumes something, it destroys it completely: Fire had consumed the whole building. Someone can be said to be consumed by/with a feeling if that feeling is extremely strong: We were consumed with joy and relief, as well as profound gratitude. consume | Business Englishconsume verb[ T ] uk /kənˈsjuːm/ us /kənˈsuːm/ to use something such as fuel, energy, money, or time, especially in large quantities: It's a province of China which consumes 180,000 tons of coal a year. This device will monitor how much energy your household appliances are consuming at any time. Meetings routinely consume at least 20 hours of his time a week. See also time-consuming to buy goods or services: The shift toward an increasingly cashless society has changed the way we consume goods. Examples of consumeconsume At 0.5%, 1.0% and 2% sufficient was consumed, as estimated from the loss of weight to account for this. The risk of diarrhoea was lower among those consuming boiled water but this finding was not statistically significant. An effect of larval food-plant on adult life-span was found with greater longevity in females that had as larvae consumed exclusively lodgepole pine foliage. Indeed, consuming invalid tabled answers may result in finding more invalid answers for the same or other tabled predicates. It was demonstrated that this spider did not simply consume greater quantities of aphids because it was bigger. The availability of alternative prey may have affected the quantities of slug consumed, but clearly did not prevent the beetles from reducing slug populations. First, we hypothesize that these shocks have induced residential resorting, which should increase the allocative efficiency with which local public goods are consumed. Our first hypothesis is that residential re-sorting should significantly increase the allocative efficiency with which households consume local public goods. The quantifier takes its scope by finding an appropriate dependency and consuming it through implication elimination. Three is the minimum number of ages needed for changing the differential between the ages at which the average income is earned and consumed. The "fast fires" of shortlived electronic storage and dissemination media consume our creative output almost before we know it's gone. By that time all the host tissue was consumed but cocoon formation had not begun. The scenic display was extraordinary and may well have consumed a large percentage of the spectators' attention. Particularly, they preserve words by turning them into physical objects which can be exchanged, possessed, or consumed. Alternatively, it is suggested that rediae are adapted to ' chew ' their way through host tissues, and not to consume other trematodes. See all examples of consume These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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