Consumption

(noun.) the act of consuming something.

(noun.) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).

(noun.) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; 'the consumption of energy has increased steadily'.

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• The traces of consumption may become fainter, or be wholly effaced: the inherent tendency to vice or crime may be eradicated. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The ideas and methods of Murdoch and Lebon soon took definite shape, and coal smoke was piped from its place of origin to distant points of consumption. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But this great consumption is almost entirely supplied by France, Flanders, Holland, and Germany. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• If it is employed in procuring present enjoyment, it is a stock reserved for immediate consumption. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Their consumption must increase as their mass increases, or rather in a much greater proportion. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Finally, the fuel consumption is reduced, which in the case of the Eastern plants, with their relatively costly coke, is a very important consideration. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Watt saw that the alternate heating and cooling of the cylinder made the engine work slowly and caused an excessive consumption of steam. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The contractions and expansions set in motion the clockwork which marks the rate of consumption. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The actual average consumption of a steam engine is, however, 4 lbs. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The duties of excise are imposed chiefly upon goods of home produce, destined for home consumption. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The first is that portion which is reserved for immediate consumption, and of which the characteristic is, that it affords no revenue or profit. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He estimated the consumption of fuel by a theoretically perfect air engine on Mr. Stirling's principle at 0·37 lbs. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• In tea and distilled spirits there has been a decrease, while the consumption of wines is the smallest of all and has varied but little. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The ratio of yield to consumption is the expression of the efficiency of the machine. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• They are more used, and less cared for, and their consumption consequently increases in a greater proportion than their mass. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The increasing consumptions of East India goods in Europe is, it seems, so great, as to afford a gradual increase of employment to them all. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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