n. 1.消费(量);消尽,消耗,灭绝。 2.【医学】结核病;痨病,肺痨 (=pulmonary consumption)。 短语和例子 The speech was meant for foreign [home] consumption. 那篇讲话是让国外[本国]人听的。 consumption goods 消费品。 consumption of the bowels 肠结核。 consumption tax [duty] 消费税。
the act of consuming something 同义词:using up, expenditure,
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) 同义词:ingestion, intake, uptake,
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" 同义词:economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services,
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body 同义词:pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague,
例句与用法
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The speech was meant for home consumption . 那篇讲话是让本国人听的。
2.
Saving is defined as postponed consumption . 储蓄被定义为延期的消费。
3.
Cotton consumption has continued to rise . 棉花的消费一直在继续增长。
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The speech was meant for foreign consumption . 那篇讲话是让国外人听的。
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Production remains far above consumption . 生产还是远远大于消费。
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Gasoline , of course , must be saved in consumption . 汽油还是省着用吧。
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She objected to the consumption of beer by her maidservants . 她反对她的使女喝啤酒。
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Consumption of alcoholic drinks increases the toxic effect . 嗜酒成瘾会增加中毒效应。
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Electricity must be generated by the consumption of coal or oil . 发电需要消耗煤或石油。
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He was ordered to cut down his daily consumption of food . 他遵嘱减少自己每天摄入的食物量。