consume

[kən'sju:m]

v.消耗, 吃喝, 毁灭

vt.

1. 消耗, 花费; 耗尽

She consumed most of her time in reading.

她把大部分时间都花在读书上。

2. 吃完, 喝光

The kids soon consumed all the food on the table.

孩子们一会儿功夫便把桌上的食品全部吃光。

3. 烧毁, 毁灭

The fire consumed half the village.

大火吞噬了半个村庄。

4. 挥霍, 浪费

5. 使全神贯注, 使着迷; 使憔悴; 充满[H][(+with)]

The boy was consumed with curiosity.

那男孩充满好奇心。

vi.

耗尽生命; 被(烧)毁

She consumed away with grief.

她抑郁而死。

词形变化

动词过去式: consumed | 动词过去分词: consumed | 动词现在分词: consuming | 动词第三人称单数: consumes |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.消耗; 耗尽; 吃完

spend  use up  eat up  drink up

vt.挥霍, 浪费

waste  destroy  exhaust  

同义参见:

prey  expend  eat  swallow  devour  

反义:

vt.花费; 耗尽; 挥霍

produce  

反义参见:

earn  provide  produce  

英英释义

动词 consume:

eat immoderately

同义词：devour, down, go through

serve oneself to, or consume regularly

同义词：ingest, take in, take, have

spend extravagantly

同义词：squander, waste, ware

destroy completely

use up (resources or materials)

同义词：eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out

engage fully

补充

consumeconsume英:[kənˈsju:m] 美:[kənˈsum]vt.1.消耗, 消费, 耗尽Arguing about details consumed many hours of the committee's valuable time.争论细节问题耗费了委员会数小时宝贵的时间。2.大吃, 大喝3.烧毁, 毁灭The fire soon consumed the wooden buildings.大火很快就把那些木制建筑物烧毁了。

例句

1. Many people experienced a drop in their cholesterol levels when they consumed oat bran.很多人食用燕麦麸后胆固醇水平降低了。 2. The type of alcohol consumed also contributes to the hangover.所饮酒水的类型也与宿醉有关。 3. serving chocolate ice-creams for the children to consume in the kitchen端上巧克力冰激凌让孩子们在厨房吃 4. His thinking got consumed by self doubt.他陷入自我怀疑。 5. The memories consumed him.他沉浸在回忆里。 6. Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 per cent less electricity than traditional models.一些最节能的电冰箱的耗电量要比传统冰箱低70%。 7. plans which will consume hours of time and deplete your cash reserves花费若干小时并消耗备用金的计划 8. The kidney consumes oxygen at a high rate in order to produce energy.肾脏不停地消耗氧以产生能量。 9. watching the slow, greenish flames consume and blacken the paper看着浅绿色的火焰慢慢烧上纸片, 把纸烧成黑色 10. the fire which consumed the dwelling烧毁寓所的那场大火 11. The whole city was consumed by fire.整座城市付之一炬。 12. He fought against the cancer that was consuming his lungs.他与正在吞噬自己双肺的癌症进行抗争。 13. As a teenager she consumed literature eagerly.年少的她对文学作品如痴如醉。 14. The fact remains that children are consuming more entertainment media than ever before.事实是, 孩子们比以往任何时候都喜欢娱乐媒体。 15. He had consumed the best years of his life in prison.他在狱中度过了他的大好年华。 16. She consumes much of her time in studying.她把很多时间用在学习上。 17. They consumed all the hot dogs and hamburgers.他们把热狗和汉堡包统统吃光了。 18. A big fire consumed the whole house.一场大火把这所房子整个烧光。 19. Arguing about such details consumed many hours of their valuable time.在这些细节上争来争去浪费了他们很多宝贵的时光。 20. She was consumed with curiosity.她充满了好奇心。 21. She consumed away with grief.她因忧伤逐渐憔悴而死。 22. people consume a good deal of sugar in drinks.人们在喝饮料时摄入大量的糖。 23. there has been a doubling in the amount of gas consumed by electricity generators.发电机耗油量已加倍。 24. the fire spread rapidly, consuming many homes.火势蔓延得很快，烧毁了许多住宅。 25. Carolyn was consumed with guilt.卡罗琳的内心充满悔恨。 26. [as adj. consuming]a consuming passion.激情洋溢。 27. This car consumes a lot of petrol.这辆汽车的耗油量很大。 28. Wrestlers can consume up to 10000 calories in a day.摔跤运动员一天可消耗多达10000卡路里热量。 29. She was consumed by grief when her son was killed.她因儿子遇害而痛不欲生。 30. The dogs consume [=eat] a bag of dog food each week.这些狗每星期吃掉一袋狗粮。 31. They consumed [=drank] a lot of beer at the party.他们在聚会上喝了很多啤酒。 32. He consumes [=devours] 10 novels a month.他一个月看10部小说。 33. The new lights consume less electricity.这些新电灯耗电量较少。 34. She's making an effort to live more simply and consume less.她正努力过更加简朴低耗的生活。 35. Most of our time was consumed [=taken up] by the search.我们的大部分时间都花在了搜寻上。 36. The car repair consumed [=used up] his entire paycheck.维修汽车把他的全部收入都花光了。 37. Hundreds of books were consumed in the fire.数百本书毁于那场大火。 38. Fire consumed the building.大火吞噬了那座大楼。 39. Work on the project has consumed his attention for many months. = Work on the project has consumed him.数月来，他一直专注于这项工程。 40. The movie tells the story of a woman consumed by ambition/hatred.这部电影讲述了一个满怀野心/仇恨的女人的故事。 41. He was consumed with/by jealousy.他内心充满了嫉妒。 42. He has a consuming interest in politics. [=he is extremely interested in politics]他对政治有极大的兴趣。 43. Her all-consuming passion was music. [=music was an interest that took all of her time and attention; music was the only thing she thought about]她痴迷于音乐。