動(dòng)詞 consume:

1. eat immoderately
   同義詞：devour, down, go through
2. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
   同義詞：ingest, take in, take, have
3. spend extravagantly
   同義詞：squander, waste, ware
4. destroy completely
5. use up (resources or materials)
   同義詞：eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
6. engage fully

1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
   貪吃的吃掉或想吃大量的食物; 狼吞虎咽的
2. Each year Americans consume a high percentage of the world's energy.
   每年美國(guó)人都消耗掉世界能源的很大比例

con.sume

v.（動(dòng)詞）
con.sumed,con.sum.ing,con.sumes
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To eat or drink up; ingest.See Synonyms at eat
吃光：吃完或喝完；吞下參見(jiàn) eat

To expend; use up:
消耗：花費(fèi)；耗盡：
例句：
engines that consume less fuel; a project that consumed most of my time and energy.
耗油較少的發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)；耗盡我大部分時(shí)間和精力的計(jì)劃

To purchase (goods or services) for direct use or ownership.
消費(fèi)：為直接使用或擁有而購(gòu)買的（商品或服務(wù)）
To waste; squander.See Synonyms at waste
浪費(fèi)；揮霍參見(jiàn) waste
To destroy totally; ravage:
毀滅：徹底毀壞；毀滅：
例句：
flames that consumed the house; a body consumed by cancer.
吞噬房屋的火焰；被癌癥毀壞的身體

To absorb; engross:
使全神貫注；使入迷：
例句：
consumed with jealousy.See Synonyms at monopolize
妒忌得不得了參見(jiàn) monopolize

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To be destroyed, expended, or wasted.
被毀滅、耗盡或浪費(fèi)
To purchase economic goods and services:
購(gòu)買經(jīng)濟(jì)的商品及服務(wù)：
例句：
a society that consumes as fast as it produces.
現(xiàn)在社會(huì)上生產(chǎn)和消費(fèi)一樣快

來(lái)源：
Middle English consumen
中古英語(yǔ) consumen
from Latin cônsômere
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) cônsômere
com- [intensive pref.] * see com-
com- [前綴，表加強(qiáng)詞意] *參見(jiàn) com-
sômere [to take] * see em-
sômere [拿，取] *參見(jiàn) em-