consumption 音标拼音: [kəns'ʌmpʃən] [kəns'ʌmʃən]
n . 消费,消费量,憔悴
消费,消费量,憔悴
consumption n 1 :
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (
as by eating ) [
synonym : {
consumption }, {
ingestion }, {
intake },
{
uptake }]
2 :
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body [
synonym : {
pulmonary tuberculosis }, {
consumption }, {
phthisis },
{
wasting disease }, {
white plague }]
3 : (
economics )
the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing ; "
the consumption of energy has increased steadily " [
synonym : {
consumption }, {
economic consumption }, {
usance }, {
use }, {
use of goods and services }]
4 :
the act of consuming something [
synonym : {
consumption }, {
using up }, {
expenditure }]
Consumption \
Con *
sump "
tion \ (?;
215 ),
n . [
L .
consumptio :
cf .
F .
consomption .]
1 .
The act or process of consuming by use ,
waste ,
etc .;
decay ;
destruction .
[
1913 Webster ]
Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption . --
Burke .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The state or process of being consumed ,
wasted ,
or diminished ;
waste ;
diminution ;
loss ;
decay .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Med .)
A progressive wasting away of the body ;
esp .,
that form of wasting ,
attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough ,
spitting of blood ,
hectic fever ,
etc .;
pulmonary phthisis ; --
called also {
pulmonary consumption }.
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1913 Webster ]
{
Consumption of the bowels } (
Med .),
inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease .
Syn :
Decline ;
waste ;
decay .
See {
Decline }.
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1913 Webster ]
149 Moby Thesaurus words for "
consumption ":
Sanforizing ,
TB ,
ablation ,
active use ,
aerogenic tuberculosis ,
appetite ,
appliance ,
application ,
atrophy ,
attenuation ,
attrition ,
bloodbath ,
blue ruin ,
breakup ,
cannibalism ,
carnage ,
carnivorism ,
carnivority ,
carnivorousness ,
cerebral tuberculosis ,
chewing ,
colliquation ,
corrosion ,
cropping ,
damnation ,
decimation ,
decrease ,
decrement ,
deglutition ,
deliquescence ,
depletion ,
depreciation ,
depredation ,
desolation ,
despoilment ,
despoliation ,
destruction ,
devastation ,
devouring ,
devourment ,
dieting ,
dining ,
disintegration ,
disorganization ,
disruption ,
disseminated tuberculosis ,
dissipation ,
dissolution ,
drain ,
drying ,
drying up ,
eating ,
emaceration ,
emaciation ,
employ ,
employment ,
epulation ,
erosion ,
evaporation ,
exercise ,
exertion ,
exhaustion ,
expenditure ,
feasting ,
feeding ,
gluttony ,
gobbling ,
good use ,
grazing ,
hard usage ,
hard use ,
havoc ,
hecatomb ,
herbivorism ,
herbivority ,
herbivorousness ,
holocaust ,
hunger ,
ill use ,
impoverishment ,
ingestion ,
leakage ,
licking ,
loss ,
lupus vulgaris ,
manducation ,
marcescence ,
mastication ,
messing ,
misuse ,
munching ,
nibbling ,
nutrition ,
omnivorism ,
omnivorousness ,
omophagy ,
pantophagy ,
parching ,
pasture ,
pasturing ,
pecking ,
perdition ,
phthisis ,
preshrinkage ,
pulmonary tuberculosis ,
ravage ,
regalement ,
relishing ,
rough usage ,
ruin ,
ruination ,
rumination ,
savoring ,
scrofula ,
scrofuloderma ,
searing ,
shambles ,
shrinkage ,
shrinking ,
shriveling ,
slaughter ,
spoliation ,
tasting ,
thinning ,
tuberculosis ,
tuberculosis cutis ,
tuberculosis luposa ,
tuberculous meningitis ,
undoing ,
usage ,
use ,
using ,
using up ,
vandalism ,
vegetarianism ,
wastage ,
waste ,
wasting ,
wear and tear ,
wearing ,
wearing away ,
white plague ,
wilting ,
withering ,
wolfing ,
wrack ,
wrack and ruin ,
wreck ,
wrong use
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CONSUMPTION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of CONSUMPTION is the act or process of consuming How to use consumption in a sentence
Consumption | Definition, Economics, Examples, Types, Facts . . . Consumption, in economics, the use of goods and services by households Neoclassical (mainstream) economists generally consider consumption to be the final purpose of economic activity, and thus the level of consumption per person is viewed as a central measure of an economy’s productive success
CONSUMPTION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary CONSUMPTION meaning: 1 the amount used or eaten: 2 the act of using, eating, or drinking something: 3 the situation… Learn more
CONSUMPTION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary CONSUMPTION definition: 1 the amount used or eaten: 2 the act of using, eating, or drinking something: 3 the situation… Learn more
CONSUMPTION Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com Consumption definition: the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction See examples of CONSUMPTION used in a sentence
consumption noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . the production of fuel for domestic consumption (= to be used in the country where it is produced) Gas and oil consumption always increases in cold weather The meat was declared unfit for human consumption He was advised to reduce his alcohol consumption
CONSUMPTION definition in American English - Collins Online Dictionary The consumption of food or drink is the act of eating or drinking something, or the amount eaten or drunk
Consumption (economics) - Wikipedia Consumption refers to the use of resources to fulfill present needs and desires [1] It is seen in contrast to investing, which is spending for acquisition of future income [2] Consumption is a major concept in economics and is also studied in many other social sciences Different schools of economists define consumption differently
CONSUMPTION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary The consumption of food or drink is the act of eating or drinking something, or the amount that is eaten or drunk
consumption noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of consumption noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more