consume
pronunciation
UK [kənˈsjuːm]
US [kənˈsuːm]
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- vt.
- 消耗，消费
- 耗尽，毁灭
- 吃光，喝光
- 烧毁
Word Origin
consume 消费
con-, 强调。-sum, 拿，带，消费，词源同assume, resume.
Antonym
Example
- 1. These families typically consume much less than their income .
- 这些家庭的消费一般都要比其收入要低得多。
- 2. Relationships tend to consume a lot of your emotional energy .
- 你在亲密关系中消耗了大量情绪能量。
- 3. Such internal squabbles consume so much energy that bosnians miss opportunities without even realising it .
- 此类国内争端耗费了波斯尼亚人大量精力，以至于许多机遇还没来得及认识到就已经错失了。
- 4. Minimalism refuses to consume beyond our means .
- 简约生活拒绝超过我们承受能力的消费。
- 5. In short , urbanites consume less but produce more .
- 简言之，都市人消费更少却产出更多。
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