英语词汇“consume”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

con·sume

(kən-sm)

v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes

v.tr.

1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat.

a. To expend; use up: engines that consume less fuel; a project that consumed most of my time and energy.

b. To purchase (goods or services) for direct use or ownership.

3. To waste; squander.

4. To destroy totally; ravage: flames that consumed the house; a body consumed by cancer.

5. To absorb; engross: consumed with jealousy. See Synonyms at engross.

v.intr.

To purchase economic goods and services: a society that consumes as fast as it produces.

[Middle English consumen, from Latin cōnsūmere : com-, intensive pref.; see COM- + sūmere, to take; see em- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	consume
释义	con·sume (kən-sm) v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes v.tr. 1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat. 2. a. To expend; use up: engines that consume less fuel; a project that consumed most of my time and energy. b. To purchase (goods or services) for direct use or ownership. 3. To waste; squander. 4. To destroy totally; ravage: flames that consumed the house; a body consumed by cancer. 5. To absorb; engross: consumed with jealousy. See Synonyms at engross. v.intr. To purchase economic goods and services: a society that consumes as fast as it produces. [Middle English consumen, from Latin cōnsūmere : com-, intensive pref.; see COM- + sūmere, to take; see em- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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