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consume

英 [kən'sjuːm] 美[kən'sʊm]
  • vt. 消耗,消费;使…著迷;挥霍
  • vi. 耗尽,毁灭;耗尽生命

英英释意


1. eat immoderately;
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
2. serve oneself to, or consume regularly;
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"
"I don't take sugar in my coffee"
3. spend extravagantly;
"waste not, want not"
4. destroy completely;
"The fire consumed the building"
5. use up (resources or materials);
"this car consumes a lot of gas"
"We exhausted our savings"
"They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
6. engage fully;
"The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"