consumption
英 [kənˈsʌmpʃn]
美 [kənˈsʌmpʃn]
n. (能量、食物或材料的)消耗,消耗量; 消费; 肺病; 肺痨; 肺结核
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牛津词典
noun
- (能量、食物或材料的)消耗,消耗量
the act of using energy, food or materials; the amount used- the production of fuel for domestic consumption (= to be used in the country where it is produced)
供国内消耗的燃料生产 - Gas and oil consumption always increases in cold weather.
燃气和燃油的消耗量在天冷时总会增加。 - The meat was declared unfit for human consumption .
这种肉被宣布不适于人食用。 - He was advised to reduce his alcohol consumption.
他被劝告减少饮酒。 - Her speech to party members was not intended for public consumption (= to be heard by the public) .
她对党员发表的讲话并不打算公诸大众。
- the production of fuel for domestic consumption (= to be used in the country where it is produced)
- 消费
the act of buying and using products- Consumption rather than saving has become the central feature of contemporary societies.
现代社会的主要特征是消费而不是储蓄。
- Consumption rather than saving has become the central feature of contemporary societies.
- 肺病;肺痨;肺结核
a serious infectious disease of the lungs
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT (燃料、自然资源的)消耗量,消费量
Theconsumptionof fuel or natural resources is the amount of them that is used or the act of using them.- The laws have led to a reduction in fuel consumption in the US.
这些法律已经使美国燃料消费量有所减少。 - ...a tax on the consumption of non-renewable energy resources.
非再生能源消费税
- The laws have led to a reduction in fuel consumption in the US.
- N-UNCOUNT 吃;喝;饮用
Theconsumptionof food or drink is the act of eating or drinking something, or the amount that is eaten or drunk.- Most of the wine was unfit for human consumption...
这些酒中大部分都不适于人类饮用。 - The average daily consumption of fruit and vegetables is around 200 grams...
每日平均果蔬摄入量约为200克。 - Excessive alcohol consumption is clearly bad.
过度饮酒显然是有害的。
- Most of the wine was unfit for human consumption...
- N-UNCOUNT 消费
Consumptionis the act of buying and using things.- Recycling the waste from our increased consumption is better than burning it.
对我们增加消费产生的垃圾进行回收要好过将其焚烧。 - The production and consumption of goods and services is the ultimate aim of all economic endeavour.
生产并消费商品和服务是一切经济活动的终极目标。
- Recycling the waste from our increased consumption is better than burning it.
- PHRASE 供(某人或某个群体)使用,享用
If you do or say somethingfora particular person's or group'sconsumption, you do or say it especially for them, although your private thoughts or plans may be very different.- The hard-line speech appears to be mostly for domestic consumption...
强硬路线的讲话似乎主要是说给国内人听的。 - The report was obviously designed for the consumption of members of the War Committee.
该报告显然是为战争委员会的委员们撰写的。
- The hard-line speech appears to be mostly for domestic consumption...
- 同 tuberculosis
Consumptionis the same astuberculosis. - See also:conspicuous consumption
英英释义
noun
- the act of consuming something
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the consumption of energy has increased steadily
- involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
双语例句
- The restructuring of the pattern of consumption in Britain also lagged behind
在消费结构重组方面,英国也落后于人。 - It was an age of conspicuous consumption — those who had money liked to display it.
那是一个炫耀性消费的年代——有钱人都喜欢炫富。 - Excessive alcohol consumption is clearly bad.
过度饮酒显然是有害的。 - Commerce is a bridge that links production with consumption.
商业是联结生产同消费的桥梁。 - Most of the wine was unfit for human consumption
这些酒中大部分都不适于人类饮用。 - This mentalist yearn easily trigger a large-scale consumption campaign.
这种心态容易引发一场大规模消费高潮。 - Energy consumption rises as countries industrialise
随着各国实现工业化,能源消费增加了。 - There has been a slight increase in the consumption of meat
肉类消费量略有增长。 - A moderate increase in both investment and consumption will play an active role in stimulating the market.
适度地增加投资和提高消费水平对启动市场将起积极作用。 - German domestic consumption buoyed the German economy.
德国的国内消费刺激了德国经济。