Consumption
[kən'sʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n] or [kən'sʌmpʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of consuming something.
(noun.) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
(noun.) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; 'the consumption of energy has increased steadily'.
手打:丽塔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.
(n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
(n.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.
沙琳編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Extinction, destruction, waste, expenditure.[2]. Phthisis, marasmus, atrophy, decline, tabes, gradual wasting, progressive emaciation.
弗雷迪手打
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Decline, decay, expenditure, waste, decrement, lessening, decrease
ANT:Growth, development, enlargement, augmentation
校對:伊薇特
解釋/意思:
n. the act of using up or consuming—the converse of production—also Consumpt′; pulmonary consumption a more or less rapidly advancing process of lung destruction with progressive emaciation—phthisis tuberculosis.—adj. Consump′tive wasting away: inclined to the disease consumption.—adv. Consump′tively.—ns. Consump′tiveness a tendency to consumption; Consumptiv′ity.
埃尔默編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you have consumption, denotes that you are exposing yourself to danger. Remain with your friends.
手打:西尔维亚
例句/造句/用法:
- The traces of consumption may become fainter, or be wholly effaced: the inherent tendency to vice or crime may be eradicated. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The ideas and methods of Murdoch and Lebon soon took definite shape, and coal smoke was piped from its place of origin to distant points of consumption. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But this great consumption is almost entirely supplied by France, Flanders, Holland, and Germany. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- If it is employed in procuring present enjoyment, it is a stock reserved for immediate consumption. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Their consumption must increase as their mass increases, or rather in a much greater proportion. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Finally, the fuel consumption is reduced, which in the case of the Eastern plants, with their relatively costly coke, is a very important consideration. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Watt saw that the alternate heating and cooling of the cylinder made the engine work slowly and caused an excessive consumption of steam. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The contractions and expansions set in motion the clockwork which marks the rate of consumption. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The actual average consumption of a steam engine is, however, 4 lbs. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The duties of excise are imposed chiefly upon goods of home produce, destined for home consumption. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The first is that portion which is reserved for immediate consumption, and of which the characteristic is, that it affords no revenue or profit. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He estimated the consumption of fuel by a theoretically perfect air engine on Mr. Stirling's principle at 0·37 lbs. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- In tea and distilled spirits there has been a decrease, while the consumption of wines is the smallest of all and has varied but little. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The ratio of yield to consumption is the expression of the efficiency of the machine. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- They are more used, and less cared for, and their consumption consequently increases in a greater proportion than their mass. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The increasing consumptions of East India goods in Europe is, it seems, so great, as to afford a gradual increase of employment to them all. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
校對:马尔科姆