| 释义 | consumptiveadjective /kənˈsʌmptɪv/  /kənˈsʌmptɪv/(old-fashioned)                         jump to other resultssuffering from consumption (= a disease of the lungs)      (usually disapproving) connected with the fact of using up resourcesour consumptive lifestyleHunting, mining and consumptive activities are not permitted in a National Park.
consumptivenoun /kənˈsʌmptɪv/  /kənˈsʌmptɪv/(old-fashioned)                         jump to other resultsa person who suffers from consumption (= a disease of the lungs)Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin consumptivus, from Latin consumpt- ‘consumed’, from the verb consumere, from con- ‘altogether’ + sumere ‘take up’.
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