consume

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英 [kənˈsju:m]

美 [kənˈsum]

是什么意思

vt.

消耗，消费；耗尽，毁灭；吃光，喝光；烧毁

变形

过去式：consumed过去分词：consumed现在分词：consuming第三人称单数：consumes

双语释义

v.(动词)

vt. 消耗; 消费; 耗尽 use up
vt. 大吃,大喝 eat or drink, especially eagerly or in large amounts
vt. 烧毁,毁灭destroy

英英释义

consume

v.
- eat immoderately
  同义词：devourdowngo through
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  同义词：ingesttake intakehave
- spend extravagantly
  同义词：squanderwasteware
- destroy completely
  "The fire consumed the building"
- use up (resources or materials)
  "this car consumes a lot of gas"
  同义词：eat upuse upeatdepleteexhaustrun throughwipe out
- engage fully
  "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"

学习怎么用

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

consume all the hamburgers吃光所有的汉堡
consume the whole city吞噬整个城市
consume time消耗时间

～+副词

consume away烧毁,毁灭

～+介词

be consumed with为(某种思想)而不断受折磨

词组短语

propensity to consume消费倾向

marginal propensity to consume[经]边际消费倾向

同近义词辨析

dine, gorge, have, swallow, eat, devour, consume

这组词都有“吃”的意思，其区别是：

dine正式用词，既可指一日三餐中的任何一餐，也可以指特殊的用餐。

gorge侧重指拼命地吃或塞，强调吃饱或吃得过量。

have可与eat换用，但强调一次性的动作。

swallow主要指吃的整个过程的第二部分“咽”，并常指咀嚼得匆匆忙忙地吃。

eat普通用词，使用广泛。既可用于人，也可用于动物。

devour指狼吞虎咽地吃，强调吃得既快又彻底。

consume侧重痛痛快快地吃得一干二净，可用于人和动物。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

His old car consumed much gasoline.
他的旧汽车耗油很多。
Each year Americans consume a high percentage of the world's energy.
每年美国人都消耗掉世界能源的很大比例
I'm sure that Chinese people consume the largest amount of rice in the world.
我敢肯定,世界上中国人吃掉的大米最多。
I saw the flames consuming the whole building.
我看见火焰吞噬了整栋建筑物。

权威例句

Trying to Consume
How Consumers Consume: A Typology of Consumption Practices
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How Consumers Consume: A Typology of Consumption Practices
Consumer-Company Identification: A Framework for Understanding Consume...
Smokers of low-yield cigarettes do not consume less nicotine.
Explaining Adolescent Behavior Intention to Consume Fast Food Using the Theory of Planned Behavior
There's Something in the Air: Effects of Congruent or Incongruent Ambient Odor on Consumer Decision Making | Journal of Consumer Res...
Influences on exchange process: Buyers preconceptions of a sellers trustworthiness and bargaining toughness, Journal of Consumer Res...
Taylor & Francis Online :: Credibility of Electronic Word-of-Mouth: Informational and Normative Determinants of On-line Consumer Rec...

同义词