consumed
past simple and past participle ofconsume
| 单词 | consumed |
| 释义 | consumed past simple and past participle ofconsume consume verb[T] uk/kənˈsjuːm/us/kənˈsuːm/consumeverb[T](USE RESOURCE)C1 to usefuel,energy, ortime,especiallyinlargeamounts: Our highlivingstandardscauseourcurrentpopulationto consume 25percentof the world'soil. B2formal toeatordrink,especiallya lot of something: He consumeshugeamountsofbreadwith everymeal. to eat food
Using and misusing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Eating Drinking consumeverb[T](DESTROY)If afireconsumes something, itdestroysitcompletely. to burn down or burn something down
be consumed by/withsomething C2 to have so much of afeelingthat itaffectseverything you do: He was consumed withjealousy. As ateenager, I was consumed bypassionfor theboynextdoor. See also all-consuming Burning, burnt & on fire
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Destroying and demolishing Experiencing and suffering Examplesofconsumedconsumed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. At 0.5%, 1.0% and 2% sufficient wasconsumed, as estimated from the loss of weight to account for this. From theCambridge English Corpus An effect of larval food-plant on adult life-span was found with greater longevity in females that had as larvaeconsumedexclusively lodgepole pine foliage. From theCambridge English Corpus The availability of alternative prey may have affected the quantities of slugconsumed, but clearly did not prevent the beetles from reducing slug populations. From theCambridge English Corpus The questionnaire did not collect detailed information about the amount of alcoholconsumedby the respondents. From theCambridge English Corpus First, we hypothesize that these shocks have induced residential resorting, which should increase the allocative efficiency with which local public goods areconsumed. From theCambridge English Corpus Three is the minimum number of ages needed for changing the differential between the ages at which the average income is earned andconsumed. From theCambridge English Corpus By that time all the host tissue wasconsumedbut cocoon formation had not begun. From theCambridge English Corpus The scenic display was extraordinary and may well haveconsumeda large percentage of the spectators' attention. From theCambridge English Corpus Particularly, they preserve words by turning them into physical objects which can be exchanged, possessed, orconsumed. From theCambridge English Corpus Whenever foraging primates were encountered, the fruit species beingconsumedand the treatment of the seed (swallowed, dropped, destroyed) was recorded. From theCambridge English Corpus Fractions of fruitsconsumedor carried away were calculated from field observations and the viability of excreted seeds was obtained from the cage experiments. From theCambridge English Corpus The proportions of wheatconsumedby different livestock classes were assumed to be consistent over the years of the study. From theCambridge English Corpus Repairs to the shipconsumedthe profits of the voyage thus far. From theCambridge English Corpus As pyruvate is produced by glycolysis andconsumedby gluconeogenesis, parasite-induced starvation of the host should result in a depletion of hepatocellular pyruvate. From theCambridge English Corpus It is by no means obvious where certain information is produced, where it is changed, and where it isconsumed. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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