| 单词 | consumption rate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconsumption rate consumption rate n. (a) the number of cases of tuberculosis (or a similar disease) as a proportion of a particular population over a certain period of time (now chiefly historical); (b) Economics the rate at which goods, materials, etc., are purchased and used. ΚΠ 1868 10th Rep. Med. Officer Privy Council 108 Their being better than some other districts in regard of their consumption rate. 1894 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 13 Nov. 10/2 The presumption that the bread consumption rate of former years is being maintained. 1935 Times 6 June 11/3 A congested area in which the general death-rate was 57.8 per cent., the consumption rate [was] 143 per cent, [etc.]. 1999 R. M. Steers Made in Korea xiv. 231 Since it emerged from poverty to become an industrialized nation, Korea has witnessed both a declining work ethic and an increasing consumption rate among its young people. < as lemmas |
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