大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 consume


释义：

consume v. 消耗，消费；吃，喝；吞噬，烧毁；使……着迷，充满
[ 第三人称单数 consumes 现在分词 consuming 过去式 consumed 过去分词 consumed ]

例句：



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

许多人不知道自己到底消耗掉多少食物和饮料。



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

一些能效最高的冰箱比传统型号少消耗70%的电。



I can consume at any point along the line.

我可以在这条线上任意一点进行消费。



Fat people consume more energy than slim people.

胖的人比瘦的人消耗更多的能量。



To be inspired and consume everything that exists.

要受到启发，耗尽存在的一切。



Such systems consume almost no conventional fuel at all.

这种系统几乎不消耗任何传统燃料。



Livestock, like cows and sheep, also consume large amounts of crops.

和牛羊一样，家畜也消耗了大量的农作物。



How does what you do, what you consume, and how you live, impact the environment?

你做的事情、你消费的东西、你生活的方式，如何影响着环境？



I am very thankful that we can afford this food and that it is even here and available for us to consume.

我非常感谢我们能买得起这种食物，它甚至在这里供我们消费。



Fireflies and some fish have the power to manufacture their own light, but the process seems to consume a large amount of energy.

萤火虫和某些鱼类可以用自己的能量自身产生光，但这个过程似乎会消耗大量的能量。



Our privacy and security on these sites—in terms of how much we share with others and what we consume—are ultimately up to each of us.

我们在这些网站上的隐私和安全——就我们与他人分享多少和我们消费什么而言——最终取决于我们每一个人。



Although the system would consume energy, it would return energy to the grid via methane generation from composting nonedible parts of plants.

尽管该系统会消耗能源，但它会通过从植物不可食用的部分堆肥产生的沼气将能源回馈给电网。



Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their death rates from heart disease are far lower in France.

尽管法国人消耗高脂肪食物的比率与美国相当，但法国人死于心脏病的比率要低得多。



That's bad news for the environment — and our wallets — as these outdated devices consume much more energy than the newer ones that do the same things.

这对环境和我们的钱包来说是个坏消息，因为这些过时的设备比功能相同的新设备消耗更多的能量。



It argues that since prosecutors do not consume a company's products as part of their investigations, they could be influenced only by the halo effect.

它认为，因为检察官的调查并不包括消费企业产品，所以他们就只可能被“光环效应”影响。



In contrast, "night owls" who go to bed between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. tend to consume more coffee, alcohol, refined sugars and processed meats than early risers.

与此相反，晚上11点到凌晨3点睡觉的“夜猫子”比早起的人倾向于消耗更多的咖啡、酒精、精制糖和加工肉类。