consumption

US [kənˈsʌmpʃ(ə)n]
UK [kən'sʌmpʃ(ə)n]
  • n.消费；消耗量；肺结核；肺病
  • Web消费量；功耗；结核病

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consumption
n.
1.
（能量、食物或材料的）消耗，消耗量the act of using energy, food or materials; the amount used
the production of fuel for domestic consumption(= to be used in the country where it is produced)
供国内消耗的燃料生产
Gas and oil consumption always increases in cold weather.
燃气和燃油的消耗量在天冷时总会增加。
The meat was declared unfit for human consumption .
这种肉被宣布不适于人食用。
He was advised to reduce his alcohol consumption.
他被劝告减少饮酒。
Her speech to party members was not intended for public consumption(= to be heard by the public) .
她对党员发表的讲话并不打算公诸大众。
2.
消费the act of buying and using products
Consumption rather than saving has become the central feature of contemporary societies.
现代社会的主要特征是消费而不是储蓄。
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肺病；肺痨；肺结核a serious infectious disease of the lungs

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China's exports as a share of U. S. consumption might have grown quickly, but they are still a small fraction of the total.
中国出口产品在美国消费总量中所占的比例或许增长迅速，但相对整体而言仍微不足道。
zhōng guó chū kǒu chǎn pǐn zài měi guó xiāo fèi zǒng liàng zhōng suǒ zhàn de bǐ lì huò xǔ zēng zhǎng xùn sù , dàn xiāng duì zhěng tǐ ér yán réng wēi bù zú dào 。
chinese.wsj.com
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Children and women who are pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or nursing should be careful to avoid excessive mercury consumption.
孩子和孕妇或者打算怀孕以及正在坐月子的妇女应该尽量小心的避免过量的汞的摄入。
hái zi hé yùn fù huò zhě dǎ suàn huái yùn yǐ jí zhèng zài zuò yuè zǐ de fù nǚ yīng gāi jǐn liàng xiǎo xīn de bì miǎn guò liàng de gǒng de shè rù 。
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It's hard to see the world going crazy [in terms of steel consumption] without a substantial contribution from the US.
如果没有美国的显著贡献，很难想象世界将（在钢铁消费方面）陷入疯狂。
rú guǒ méi yǒu měi guó de xiǎn zhù gòng xiàn , hěn nán xiǎng xiàng shì jiè jiāng ( zài gāng tiě xiāo fèi fāng miàn ) xiàn rù fēng kuáng 。
www.ftchinese.com
4.
Still, the state has continued to pay big consumption subsidies for fear of public unrest if it stopped.
尽管如此，印尼政府仍继续支付巨额石油消费补贴，因为政府担心一旦停止补贴，就会发生公众骚乱事件。
jìn guǎn rú cǐ , yìn ní zhèng fǔ réng jì xù zhī fù jù é shí yóu xiāo fèi bǔ tiē , yīn wèi zhèng fǔ dān xīn yí dàn tíng zhǐ bǔ tiē , jiù huì fā shēng gōng zhòng sāo luàn shì jiàn 。
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However the pattern of consumption began long before Terra exited the Great Central Sun as she was consumed until she fell therein.
其实肉食的图案模式早在Terra离开大中枢太阳前就开始，她被“食用”导致振动下跌。
qí shí ròu shí de tú àn mó shì zǎo zài Terra lí kāi dà zhōng shū tài yáng qián jiù kāi shǐ , tā bèi " shí yòng " dǎo zhì zhèn dòng xià diē 。
blog.sina.com.cn
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This apparent irrelevance also relates back to the fact that the basic means of producing food and its consumption are distinct.
这种明显的不相关也涉及回到一个事实，即生产食品，其消费的基本手段是不同的。
zhè zhǒng míng xiǎn de bù xiāng guān yě shè jí huí dào yī gè shì shí , jí shēng chǎn shí pǐn , qí xiāo fèi de jī běn shǒu duàn shì bù tóng de 。
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Down the road if not the case when must be so best don't often, driving can reduce the overtaking a fuel consumption.
行驶在路上时如果不是必须的情况那么最好不要频繁地超车，匀速行驶才能降低燃油消耗。
xíng shǐ zài lù shang shí rú guǒ bú shì bì xū de qíng kuàng nà me zuì hǎo bú yào pín fán de chāo chē , yún sù xíng shǐ cái néng jiàng dī rán yóu xiāo hào 。
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'Over the long run, consumption should be lifted due to lower production cost, ' he said.
江新芳说，长期而言，生产成本降低将会提振消费。
jiāng xīn fāng shuō , cháng qī ér yán , shēng chǎn chéng běn jiàng dī jiāng huì tí zhèn xiāo fèi 。
chinese.wsj.com
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The fact was that the young Duchess was in the tertiary stage of consumption and, only days after Marguerite's arrival, she succumbed.
不过公爵小姐的肺病已经到了第三期，玛格丽特来巴涅尔没几天，公爵小姐便离开了人间。
bú guò gōng jué xiǎo jiě de fèi bìng yǐ jīng dào le dì sān qī , mǎ gé lì tè lái bā niè ěr méi jǐ tiān , gōng jué xiǎo jiě biàn lí kāi le rén jiān 。
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With their dedicated support, we continued to set targets for energy and paper consumption at the beginning of the financial year.
在他们大力支持下，本处继续在财政年度初期订下能源和纸张耗用量的目标。
zài tā men dà lì zhī chí xià , běn chù jì xù zài cái zhèng nián dù chū qī dìng xià néng yuán hé zhǐ zhāng hào yòng liàng de mù biāo 。
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