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“The Freshman 15” describes freshman-year college students who gain about fifteen pounds because they consume way too much lousy dorm food all day long.
To consume a cake is to eat it, the idea being that you ate the whole thing. To say a fire consumed a building is to say that the entire building was destroyed. Consume means to devour, to take in, to use up. The Unites States is often referred to as a consumer society because our economy is based on things being consumed. Whether it's gas, clothes, burgers, music, or anything that we use up as we purchase it, it's something that we consume. If we consume all the oil, there will be none left to burn.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
eat:普通用词,使用广泛。既可用于人,也可用于动物。
dine:正式用词,既可指一日三餐中的任何一餐,也可以指特殊的用餐。
have:可与eat换用,但强调一次性的动作。
consume:侧重痛痛快快地吃得一干二净,可用于人和动物。
devour:指狼吞虎咽地吃,强调吃得既快又彻底。
gorge:侧重指拼命地吃或塞,强调吃饱或吃得过量。
swallow:主要指吃的整个过程的第二部分”咽”,并常指咀嚼得匆匆忙忙地吃。
词根词缀
词根: sume
=take,表示”拿,取”
adj.
consuming 强烈的,分量重的consume使着迷+ing……的→adj.强烈的,分量重的
presumable 可假定的presume[v.假定,假设,认为,揣测,滥用,擅自行动]+able……的→adj.可假定的
resumable 可恢复的resume恢复+able……的→adj.可恢复的
n.
consumer 消费者,用户consume消耗+er人→n.消费者,用户
v.
consume 消耗;吃完,喝光;[with]使着迷;烧毁con共同+sume拿,取→全拿完→消耗[完],沉迷于
resume 再继续,重新开始;再用;恢复re再+sume拿,取→重新拿起→再用;恢复
reassume 再假定re再+assume[v.假装;假定,设想;承担;呈现,采取]→v.再假定
assume 假装;假定,设想;承担;呈现,采取as加强动作+sume拿,取→拿住→认为是……[假定],承担
presume 假定,假设,认为,揣测,滥用,擅自行动pre预先+sume拿,取→预先拿住→假定
同义词辨析
同义词
同根词
词根:consume
adj.consuming消费的;强烈的
consumed充满的;对…著迷的
consumable可消耗的;可消费的
consumptive消耗性的;浪费的;肺病的
n.consumption消费;消耗;肺痨
consumer消费者;用户,顾客
consumable消费品;消耗品
consumerism保护消费者利益运动;用户至上主义
consumptive肺病患者;痨病患者
v.consuming消耗(consume的ing形式)
consumed消耗(consume的过去式和过去分词)