名词

1. (燃料、自然资源的)消耗量，消费量
The consumption of fuel or natural resources is the amount of them that is used or the act of using them.

2. 吃;喝;饮用
The consumption of food or drink is the act of eating or drinking something, or the amount that is eaten or drunk.

3. 消费
Consumption is the act of buying and using things.

4. 供(某人或某个群体)使用，享用
If you do or say something for a particular person's or group's consumption, you do or say it especially for them, although your private thoughts or plans may be very different.

5. 同 tuberculosis
Consumption is the same as tuberculosis .

6. see also: conspicuous consumption

1. the act of consuming something

Synonym: using upexpenditure

2. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Synonym: ingestionintakeuptake

3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

e.g. the consumption of energy has increased steadily

Synonym: economic consumptionusanceuseuse of goods and services

4. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Synonym: pulmonary tuberculosisphthisiswasting diseasewhite plague