名詞 consumption:

1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
   同義詞：ingestion, intake, uptake
2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
   同義詞：pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague
3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
   同義詞：economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
4. the act of consuming something
   同義詞：using up, expenditure

1. The meat was condemned as unfit for human consumption.
   這種肉已宣布不適宜人們食用。
2. I always take fuel consumption into consideration when buying a car.
   我買汽車時(shí)總要把燃油消耗量考慮在內(nèi)。
3. He has to cut down on the consumption of meat.
   他不得不減少吃肉。
4. Consumption of cotton increased even after it rose in price.
   棉花的價(jià)格雖然提高了，但消耗依然增加。
5. There's too great a consumption of alcohol in China.
   在中國(guó)酒的消耗量太大了。

con.sump.tion

n.（名詞）

The act or process of consuming.
消耗：消耗的行為或過(guò)程
The state of being consumed.
被耗盡：被耗盡、用完的狀態(tài)
An amount consumed.
消耗量：所消耗的數(shù)量
Economics The using up of goods and services by consumer purchasing or in the production of other goods.
【經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)】 消費(fèi)：消費(fèi)者在購(gòu)買或生產(chǎn)其它商品時(shí)所消耗的商品及服務(wù)
Pathology
【病理學(xué)】
A progressive wasting of body tissue.
身體耗損：身體組織的逐步耗損
Pulmonary tuberculosis. No longer in scientific use.
癆病：肺結(jié)核，科學(xué)上已不再使用

來(lái)源：
Middle English consumpcioun
中古英語(yǔ) consumpcioun
from Latin cônsômptiô cônsômptiôn- [a consuming]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) cônsômptiô cônsômptiôn- [完成]
from cônsômptus [past participle of] cônsômere [to consume] * see consume
源自 cônsômptus [] cônsômere的過(guò)去分詞 [消費(fèi)，消耗] *參見(jiàn) consume