consumption
英[kən'sʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n]
美[kən'sʌmpʃən]
- n. 消费；消耗；肺痨
英英释意
- 1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- 2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
- 3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;
- "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
- 4. the act of consuming something