consume
- vt.消费;消耗,耗费(燃料、能量、时间等);吃;喝;使充满(强烈的感情);烧毁;饮
过去式: consumed 现在分词: consuming 过去分词: consumed 第三人称单数: consumes
con- 共同,一起 + sum 用,拿 + -e
verb
消耗,耗费(燃料、能量、时间等)
to use sth, especially fuel, energy or time
The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels.
电力工业消耗大量的矿物燃料。
吃;喝;饮
to eat or drink sth
Before he died he had consumed a large quantity of alcohol.
他死亡前喝了大量的酒。
使充满(强烈的感情)
to fill sb with a strong feeling
Carolyn was consumed with guilt.
卡罗琳深感内疚。
Rage consumed him.
他无比愤怒。
烧毁;毁灭
to completely destroy sth
The hotel was quickly consumed by fire.
那座旅馆很快被大火吞噬。
consume
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VERB 吃;喝;饮用
If you consume something, you eat or drink it.Many people experienced a drop in their cholesterol levels when they consumed oat bran.
很多人食用燕麦麸后胆固醇水平下降了。
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VERB 消耗,耗费(燃料、能源或时间)
To consume an amount of fuel, energy, or time means to use it up.Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.
一些极为节能的冰箱比传统型号耗电减少70%。
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...oil-consuming countries...
石油消费国
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VERB (火)烧毁,吞没,吞噬
If a fire consumes a building, it completely destroys it....the fire which consumed the dwelling.
吞噬了居所的火灾
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VERB (使)沉溺,(使)沉迷,(使)充满(感情或思想)
If a feeling or idea consumes you, it affects you very strongly indeed.The memories consumed him.
他沉浸在回忆中。
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See also:consumed;consuming
verb
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- engage fully
- The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy
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- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- Have another bowl of chicken soup!
- I don't take sugar in my coffee
- Synonym: ingest take in take have
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- use up (resources or materials)
- this car consumes a lot of gas
- We exhausted our savings
- They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
- Synonym: eat up use up eat deplete exhaust run through wipe out
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- spend extravagantly
- waste not, want not
- Synonym: squander waste ware
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- eat immoderately
- Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
- Synonym: devour down go through
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- destroy completely
- The fire consumed the building
数据来源:WordNet
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Nearly all the cultural objects we consume arrive wrapped in inherited opinion ; our preferences are always , to some extent , someone else 's.
我们消费的几乎所有文化物品都是以继承的观点来包装的;在某种程度上,我们的偏好总是来自他人。
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What happens to the centralized electric grid , which took decades and billions of dollars to build , as more and more people become " prosumers , " who produce and consume their own energy onsite ?
如果越来越多的人成为“产消合一者”,自己随时产出并消费能源,那些曾花费数十年和上百亿美金建造的中央电网该怎么办呢?
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The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels .
电力工业消耗大量的矿物燃料。
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The hotel was quickly consumed by fire .
那座旅馆很快被大火吞噬。
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No alcohol may be consumed on the premises .
场区内禁止饮酒。
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Basketball is his consuming passion .
篮球令他着迷。
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Rage consumed him .
他无比愤怒。
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Carolyn was consumed with guilt .
卡罗琳深感内疚。
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It 's just very time consuming to get such a large quantity of data
获取如此大量的数据非常费时。
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Many people are unaware of just how much food and drink they consume
许多人并不知道他们究竟消耗掉了多少食品和饮料。
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The fact of the matter is that most people consume far more protein than they actually need
真实的情况是,大多数人摄入的蛋白质比他们实际所需的多出许多。
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Consuming this amount of food could turn these fit players into fatties
这些体格健壮的运动员吃这么多会变成胖子的。
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It was work which consumed most of his waking hours
他醒着的时候大部分时间都在工作。
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Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models .
一些极为节能的冰箱比传统型号耗电减少70%。
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Many people experienced a drop in their cholesterol levels when they consumed oat bran .
很多人食用燕麦麸后胆固醇水平下降了。
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He has developed a consuming passion for chess .
他对下棋产生了极为浓厚的兴趣。
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Classically , overweight people underestimate the volume of food that they consume .
一般来说,超重的人往往低估自己摄入食物的量。
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They are consumed with jealousy at her success .
他们对她的成功充满了嫉妒。
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Earthworms consume large amounts of soil , and produce a rich humus , perfect in texture .
蚯蚓吃下大量土壤,排出肥力丰富、物理结构理想的腐殖质。
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There were glasses of champagne and cigars , but not many of either were consumed
这里有香槟和雪茄,但两样东西都没怎么动。
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Going to court can be an expensive , time consuming and gut wrenching experience that is best avoided .
打官司费钱耗时而且给人添堵,所以最好能避则避。
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The memories consumed him .
他沉浸在回忆中。
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Britons still consume more than 29 million pints a day , ranging over 1,000 or more different brews .
英国人每天仍然要喝掉2,900多万品脱、1,000多种不同牌子的啤酒。
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A person who is allergic to cashews may break out in a rash when he consumes these nuts
对腰果过敏的人吃了这些坚果后身上可能会出疹子。
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The fire quickly consumed the wooden hut .
大火很快吞噬了那座小木屋。
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An electric heater consumes too much electricity .
电热器用电太费。
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In most machines friction consumes effort , with the result that less work is got out than is put in .
在大多数机器中,摩擦要消耗功,以致造成输出的功要小于输入的功。
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Arguing about details consumed many hours of the committee 's valuable time .
争论细节问题花费了委员会数小时宝贵的时间。
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The fire had consumed half the forest away before it was stopped .
大火在熄灭之前毁掉了树林的一半。
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This type of bulb consumes little power .
这种灯泡耗电不多。