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consume + noun
用于资源、食物等的消耗。
The car consumes a lot of fuel.
这辆车消耗大量燃料。
消耗；用尽
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消耗；用尽
use up (resources or materials)
The car consumes a lot of fuel.
这辆车消耗大量燃料。
用完
To use up.
吃
To eat.
完全占据思绪或注意力
To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
彻底摧毁
To destroy completely.
consume
Base
原形
consumes
3rd person
第三人称单数
consuming
-ing
现在分词
consumed
Past
过去式
consumed
Past participle
过去分词
He consumes a lot of energy.
他消耗大量能量。
The fire consumed the building.
大火烧毁了那栋建筑。
She is consuming too much sugar.
她正在摄入过多糖分。
They have consumed all the resources.
他们已经耗尽了所有资源。
及物动词，过去式和过去分词规则变化。
This old refrigerator consumes a lot of electricity, so we are planning to replace it.
这台旧冰箱耗电很多，所以我们正打算换掉它。
The repair work consumed most of the afternoon.
修理工作耗费了大半个下午。
The new machine is consuming less energy than the old one.
这台新机器消耗的能量比旧机器少。
用于资源、食物等的消耗。
The car consumes a lot of fuel.
这辆车消耗大量燃料。
常用于描述强烈的情绪或毁灭性的力量。
He was consumed by jealousy when he saw her success.
看到她成功时，他被嫉妒吞噬了。
用于时间、精力等的消耗。
This project consumed all our spare time.
这个项目占用了我们所有的业余时间。
Not this
The car consumes.
Use this
The car consumes fuel.
"consume" 是及物动词，后面必须跟宾语。中文中“消耗”可以不带宾语，但英语必须带宾语。
Not this
We need to reduce our consume on electricity.
Use this
We need to reduce our consumption of electricity.
"consume" 是动词，不能直接作宾语；表示“消费量”应使用名词 "consumption"。介词 "on" 也应改为 "of"。
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消耗资源
The factory consumes huge amounts of resources.
这家工厂消耗大量资源。
食用食物
It is important to consume a balanced diet.
摄入均衡饮食很重要。
消耗能量
Running consumes a lot of energy.
跑步消耗很多能量。
耗费时间
This task consumed too much time.
这项任务耗费了太多时间。
饮酒
He consumes alcohol only occasionally.
他偶尔饮酒。
消费商品
People consume goods and services every day.
人们每天消费商品和服务。
被内疚吞噬
He was consumed by guilt after lying to his parents.
他对父母撒谎后，被内疚吞噬了。
充满激情
She is consumed with passion for her work.
她对工作充满激情。
占据某人的思绪
The problem consumed his thoughts day and night.
这个问题日夜占据着他的思绪。
被滋养它的东西所消耗。
This line is from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 73, where the speaker compares his aging to a fire that consumes itself. It is a famous reflection on mortality.
这句出自威廉·莎士比亚的《十四行诗第73首》，说话者将自己的衰老比作自我消耗的火焰。这是关于死亡的名句。
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联想为 con（共同）+ sume（取），共同取走即消耗；或想到 consumer（消费者）去掉 -er 就是消费。
该词为中性语体，通常用于日常及正式场合，表示消耗、消费或食用。
及物动词时表示消耗、消费；不及物动词时表示耗尽、毁灭。
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