consume
verb- consume something
to use something, especially fuel, energy or time 消耗，耗費（尤指燃料、能量或時間） The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels. 電力工業消耗大量的化石燃料。 25 per cent of the world’s population consumes 80 per cent of the planet’s resources. 世界25%的人口消耗了地球80%的資源。
Extra ExamplesTopics The environmentb1Bureaucracy consumes money that could have been spent on public services. 官僚體制耗費的錢本可以花在公共事業上。 My new car consumes much less fuel. 我的新車耗油少很多。 Paperwork consumes time which could be better used getting on with the job itself. 文書工作耗費的時間本可以更好地用於工作本身。 The production of new paper from wood pulp consumes vast amounts of energy. 用木漿造新紙耗費大量能源。
- consume something (formal)
to eat or drink something 吃；喝；飲 Before he died, he had consumed a large quantity of alcohol. 他死亡前喝了大量的酒。 a half-consumed loaf of bread 一條吃了一半的面包 Red meat should be consumed in moderation. 吃紅肉要適量。
- [often passive] (formal)
to fill somebody with a strong feeling 使充滿（強烈的感情） - consume something (formal)
(of fire 火 to completely destroy something 燒毀；毀滅 see also all-consuming, consuming, consumption, time-consuming
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin consumere, from con- ‘altogether’ + sumere ‘take up’; reinforced by French consumer.