consumption

英 [kən'sʌmpʃn] 美 [kən'sʌmpʃn]

• n. 消费；消耗；肺痨

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]消费,消耗; 消费〔耗〕量

   the act of consuming or an amount consumed

2. [U]肺病,结核病

   tuberculosis of the lungs

英英释义

Noun:

1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;

   "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
   

4. the act of consuming something

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The government encourages individual consumption.
   政府鼓励个人消费。
2. Internet shopping is a new way of consumption.
   网上购物是当今消费的一种新途径。
3. The meat was condemned as unfit for human consumption.
   这种肉已宣布不适宜人们食用。
4. The car scored well in fuel consumption.
   那部汽车在燃料消耗方面获得好评。
5. Consumption of cotton increased even after it rose in price.
   棉花的价格虽然提高了，但消耗依然增加。
6. There's too great a consumption of alcohol in China.
   在中国酒的消耗量太大了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The meat was declared unfit for human consumption.
   这种肉被宣布不适于人吃。
2. Consumption of oil has declined in recent years.
   油的消耗量在最近几年下降了。
3. She died of consumption.
   她死于肺结核。

经典引文

• To borrow a book for Dorothy's immediate consumption.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• great consumption 消费量大
• popular consumption 大众消费

～+介词

• consumption of oil 油的消耗量

近反义词

【近义词】

• 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