consumption

consumption，消耗;用盡。

基本介紹

• 中文名：用盡
• 外文名：consumption
• 英音：[kən'sʌmpʃən]
• 美音：[kən'sʌmpʃən]
• 詞性：名詞

漢語解釋

consumption n.[U]用盡

1.This food is for our consumptionon the trip.

這些食物供我們旅途中吃。

2.消耗量;消費量[S1]

There's too great a consumptionof alcohol in Britain.

在英國酒的消耗量太大了。

3.消費

products for domestic consumption

供國內消費的產品

4.憔悴;肺癆;癆病

英語翻譯

consumption [ kən'sʌmpʃən ]

n.

• the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
  同義詞：ingestion intake uptake
• involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
  同義詞：pulmonary tuberculosis phthisis wasting disease white plague
• (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
  "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
  同義詞：economic consumption usance use use of goods and services
• the act of consuming something
  同義詞：using up expenditure

21世紀大英漢詞典

consumption [kən'sʌmpʃən]n.

1. 消耗，消費；耗盡，用完
2. 消耗量，消費量
3. 【醫學】消耗性疾病；身體耗損，憔悴；(尤指)癆病

同根詞

詞根： consume

adj.

consuming 消費的；強烈的

consumed 充滿的；對…著迷的

consumable 可消耗的；可消費的

consumptive 消耗性的；浪費的；肺病的

n.

consumer 消費者；用戶，顧客

consumable 消費品；消耗品

consumerism 保護消費者利益運動；用戶至上主義

consumptive 肺病患者；癆病患者

v.

consuming 消耗（consume的ing形式）

consumed 消耗（consume的過去式和過去分詞）

vi.

consume 耗盡，毀滅；耗盡生命

vt.

consume 消耗，消費；使…著迷；揮霍