consume

consume

词性：动词

基本释义：

1. 消耗；耗费

2. 摄取（食物等）；吃；喝

3. 吞噬；毁灭；烧毁

4. 被（感情等）支配；沉溺于

5. 阅读；吸收（信息）

6. （火）蔓延；（病）扩散

形容词：consumable

可消耗的；消费品的

名词：consumer

消费者

词语辨析：

consume与eat的区别在于consume更加广泛，可以指吃、喝、吸收等。

consume与destroy的区别在于consume强调通过化为自身的一部分而完全消灭，并且通常指火焰、疾病等的传播。

consume与overwhelm的区别在于consume强调被支配，而overwhelm强调压倒性的影响。

词汇扩充：

消耗（expend）、利用（utilize）、耗尽（exhaust）、摄取（ingest）、吞噬（devour）

近义词：

eat、devour、swallow、ingest、absorb

反义词：

produce、create、generate、save

柯林斯词典（Collins Dictionary）：

consume (verb)

1. If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
2. If a fire consumes a building, it destroys it.
3. If one thing consumes another, it uses it up or takes it over.
4. If you consume time or resources, you use them up.
5. If you consume information or ideas, you think about them or accept them over a period of time.

牛津词典（Oxford Dictionary）：

consume (verb)

1. Eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink).
2. Use up (a resource).
3. Buy goods or services for personal use.
4. Drink alcohol, especially to excess.
5. Be engrossed or obsessed with.

用法：

1. I consume a lot of coffee every day.

2. The fire consumed the entire building.

3. The new project will consume a lot of time and money.

相关例句：

1. She consumes a lot of sugar in her tea. 她喝茶时放了很多糖。

2. The fire consumed the forest. 火势吞噬了整片森林。

3. The new car consumes less fuel than the old one. 新车的燃油消耗比旧车少。

4. He consumes all his income on gambling. 他把所有的收入都花在赌博上。

5. She consumes literature at a remarkable rate. 她以惊人的速度阅读各种文学作品。

6. The virus rapidly consumed the entire population. 病毒迅速地扩散到了整个人群。

7. They consume large quantities of junk food. 他们消耗了大量的垃圾食品。

8. The project has consumed all our resources. 该项目消耗了我们的所有资源。

9. He consumed her with his passionate gaze. 他带着充满激情的目光吞没了她。

10. The book consumed him for weeks. 这本书让他沉迷了几个星期。

11. The fire consumed the entire house within minutes. 火势在几分钟内吞噬了整座房子。

12. The machine consumes less power than its predecessor. 这台机器的能耗比前一代低。

13. Their extravagant lifestyle consumes all their wealth. 他们奢华的生活方式消耗了他们所有的财富。

14. The new factory consumes a large amount of raw materials. 这个新工厂消耗了大量的原材料。

15. The fire consumed everything in its path. 火势毁灭了它经过的一切。

16. The virus is consuming the city rapidly. 病毒正在迅速地蔓延这座城市。

17. The project consumed all our time and energy. 这个项目占去了我们所有的时间和精力。

18. He consumed the information quickly. 他迅速地吸收了这些信息。

19. The fire consumed the old building in minutes. 这座旧建筑在几分钟内被烧毁了。

20. The disease is consuming his body. 这种疾病正在侵蚀他的身体。