vt. 消耗，消费；耗尽，毁灭；吃光，喝光；烧毁
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.
The children consumed all the hamburgers.
孩子们把汉堡全部吃完了。
Arguing about details consumed many hours of the committee's valuable time.
争论细节问题花费了委员会数小时宝贵的时间。
The fire soon consumed the wooden buildings.
大火很快就把那些木制建筑物烧毁了。
用作动词(v.)
consume away( v.+adv. )
毁掉,毁灭 destroy
consume sth ⇔ away
The fire had consumed half the forest away before it was stopped.
大火在熄灭之前毁掉了树林的一半。
consume with( v.+prep. )
为(某种思想)而不断受折磨 fill the thoughts or feelings of continuously, especially in a damaging way
be consumed with sth
She was consumed with guilt.
她深感内疚。
1. Classically, overweight people underestimate the volume of food that they consume.
一般来说，超重的人往往低估自己摄入食物的量。
2. Earthworms consume large amounts of soil, and produce a rich humus, perfect in texture.
蚯蚓吃下大量土壤，排出肥力丰富、物理结构理想的腐殖质。
3. Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.
一些极为节能的冰箱比传统型号耗电减少70%。
4. Many people are unaware of just how much food and drink they consume.
许多人并不知道他们究竟消耗掉了多少食品和饮料。
5. The fact of the matter is that most people consume far more protein than they actually need.
真实的情况是，大多数人摄入的蛋白质比他们实际所需的多出许多。
6. Britons still consume more than 29 million pints a day, ranging over 1,000 or more different brews.
英国人每天仍然要喝掉2,900多万品脱、1,000多种不同牌子的啤酒。