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1. Oxford Dictionary

   consumption

   • IPA[kənˈsʌm(p)ʃn]

   英式

   • n.
     the action of using up a resource；the action of eating or drinking something

   • noun: consumption

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the action of using up a resource industrialized countries should reduce their energy consumption 同義詞 using up, use, utilization, expending, expenditure, ... 更多depletion, exhaustion, waste, wasting, squander, squandering, draining, dissipation, dissipating
   • ▪ the action of eating or drinking something liquor is sold for consumption off the premises 同義詞 eating, devouring, ingestion, swallowing, gobbling (up), ... 更多drinking, imbibing, formalmanducation
   • ▪ an amount of something which is used up or ingested a daily consumption of 15 cigarettes
   • ▪ the purchase of goods and services by the public industry faced a serious challenge in trying to stimulate consumption
   • ▪ the reception of information or entertainment by a mass audience his confidential speech was not meant for public consumption
   • 2. dated a wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis his mother had died of consumption 同義詞 tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, TB, wasting disease, emaciation, ... 更多archaicphthisis