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consumption

词语释义

英 [kən'sʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n] 美 [kən'sʌmpʃən]

consumption

n. 消费;消耗;肺痨

单词分析

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英英释义

Noun:

  • the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
  • involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
  • (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;"the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
  • the act of consuming something
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    单词词源

    中文词源

    consumption 消耗

    来自consume, 消费,消耗。

    英语词源

    consumption (n.)

    late 14c., "wasting of the body by disease; wasting disease" (replacing Old English yfeladl "the evil disease"), from Old French consumpcion, from Latin consumptionem (nominative consumptio) "a using up, wasting," noun of state from past participle stem of consumere (see consume). Meaning "the using up of material" is 1530s.

    词态变化

    复数 consumptions;

    权威造句

    1. Most of the wine was unfit for human consumption.

    这些酒中大部分都不适于人类饮用。

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    2. There has been a slight increase in the consumption of meat.

    肉类消费量略有增长。

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    3. Ethiopia has almost the lowest oil consumption per capita in the world.

    埃塞俄比亚的人均石油耗费量几乎是全世界最低的。

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    4. The restructuring of the pattern of consumption in Britain also lagged behind.

    在消费结构重组方面,英国也落后于人。

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    5. Recycling the waste from our increased consumption is better than burning it.

    对我们增加消费产生的垃圾进行回收要好过将其焚烧。

    来自柯林斯例句

    近反义词

    depletion 消耗

    utilization 利用

    expenditure 开支

    use 使用

    exploitation 开发

    reduction 减少

    waste 废物

    devouring 动词devour的现在进...

    loss 遗失

    exhaustion 疲惫

    tuberculosis 肺结核

    tabes 消瘦

    TB 肺结核(=tubercu...

    expense 费用

    intake 吸入

    ingestion 吸收

    white plague 肺结核病

    phthisis 肺结核

    feeding 喂养

    wear and tear 磨损

    eating 食用的

    drinking 喝

    pulmonary phthisis [医] 肺结核

    spending 经费(开销)

    burning up 烧尽

    black lung 煤尘肺

    wear 磨损

    tear 撕掉

    and 和

    black 黑的

    pulmonary 肺的

    lung 肺

    plague 瘟疫

    white 白色的

    wasting disease 萎缩病

    pulmonary tuberculosis [医]肺结核

    usance 习惯支付期限...

    uptake 摄取

    相似短语

    annual consumption 每年耗用数

    articles of consumption 消费品

    bark consumption 树皮消耗量

    condition of consumption 消费状况

    consumption allowance 消费宽减额

    consumption costs 消耗费用

    consumption duty 消费税

    consumption goods 消费品,消费资料

    consumption product 消费产品

    consumption quality 消费质量

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