consumption [名詞] 消耗;用盡;消耗量
consumption
[kən'sʌmpʃən]
n.消費, 消耗, 肺癆
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例句與用法:
The meat was condemned as unfit for human consumption.
這種肉已宣佈不適宜人們食用。
I always take fuel consumption into consideration when buying a car.
我買汽車時總要把燃油消耗量考慮在內。
He has to cut down on the consumption of meat.
他不得不減少吃肉。
Consumption of cotton increased even after it rose in price.
棉花的價格雖然提高了,但消耗依然增加。
There's too great a consumption of alcohol in China.
在中國酒的消耗量太大了。
英文解釋:
名詞 consumption:
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
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
同義詞:economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
the act of consuming something
同義詞:using up, expenditure
以上來源於大辭典