| 釋義 |
consume /kan'sju: m US: -'su: m; kon'sum/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A] eat or drink. 食; 飲。 2 [VP6A] use up; get to the end of; destroy by fire or wastefulness: 用盡; 耗盡; 被火或因浪費(fèi)而毀滅; 蕩盡： ~ all one's energies. 耗盡其所有的精力。 The flames quickly ~d the wooden huts. 火焰很快地呑滅了那些商陋的木屋。 He soon ~d his fortune, spent the money wastefully, 他不久就把他的財(cái)產(chǎn)揮靈殆盡。 He was ~d (— filled) with envy/hatred/greed. 他心中充滿著嫉妒 (仇. 恨，貪婪) 。 This is time-consuming work, work that takes up a lot of time. 這是一項(xiàng)費(fèi)時(shí)的工作。 3 ~ away, waste away. 喪失體力及健康; 消瘦; 憔悴。 con sum ing part adj possessing or dominating: 占有的; 控制的; 支配的： consuming ambition. 占有的野心; 支配的野心。 |