consume的意思

vt. 消耗，消費(fèi)；耗盡，毀滅；吃光，喝光；燒毀

consume的用法

用作及物動(dòng)詞

S+～+ n./pron.

The children consumed all the hamburgers.

孩子們把漢堡全部吃完了。

Arguing about details consumed many hours of the committee's valuable time.

爭(zhēng)論細(xì)節(jié)問題花費(fèi)了委員會(huì)數(shù)小時(shí)寶貴的時(shí)間。

The fire soon consumed the wooden buildings.

大火很快就把那些木制建筑物燒毀了。

consume的常用短語

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

consume away( v.+adv. )

毀掉,毀滅 destroy

consume sth away

The fire had consumed half the forest away before it was stopped.

大火在熄滅之前毀掉了樹林的一半。

consume with( v.+prep. )

為(某種思想)而不斷受折磨 fill the thoughts or feelings of continuously, especially in a damaging way

be consumed with sth

She was consumed with guilt.

她深感內(nèi)疚。

consume的用法例句

1. Classically, overweight people underestimate the volume of food that they consume.

一般來說，超重的人往往低估自己攝入食物的量。

2. Earthworms consume large amounts of soil, and produce a rich humus, perfect in texture.

蚯蚓吃下大量土壤，排出肥力豐富、物理結(jié)構(gòu)理想的腐殖質(zhì)。

3. Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.

一些極為節(jié)能的冰箱比傳統(tǒng)型號(hào)耗電減少70%。

4. Many people are unaware of just how much food and drink they consume.

許多人并不知道他們究竟消耗掉了多少食品和飲料。

5. The fact of the matter is that most people consume far more protein than they actually need.

真實(shí)的情況是，大多數(shù)人攝入的蛋白質(zhì)比他們實(shí)際所需的多出許多。

6. Britons still consume more than 29 million pints a day, ranging over 1,000 or more different brews.

英國(guó)人每天仍然要喝掉2,900多萬品脫、1,000多種不同牌子的啤酒。