核心词议：
n. 消费；消耗；肺痨
consumption 基本解释
n. 消费；肺病；耗尽；[医学]消耗性疾病
速记方法
速记技巧 词根词缀法 词根：sumpt=take，表示"拿，取"adj.sumptuous奢侈的，华丽的sumpt拿，取+uous多…的→[把钱]拿出去→奢侈的
知识扩展
词源考究 来自consume，消费，消耗。
重要短语
energy consumption[化]能量损耗
power consumption能量功耗
water consumption耗水量
fuel consumption耗油量
consumption 变化形式
复数： consumptions
中文词源： consumption 消耗 来自consume, 消费，消耗。 consumption
精选例句
1、 According to the analysis of Babbitt's team, old desktop monitors and box TVs with cathode ray tubes are the worst devices with their energy consumption and contribution to greenhouse gas emissions more than doubling during the 1992 to 2007 window.
根据巴比特团队的分析，老式台式显示器和带有阴极射线管的盒式电视是最糟糕的设备，它们的能源消耗和温室气体排放在1992年至2007年期间翻了一番多。[机器自动翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
2、 They drew up and executed a plan to reduce fuel consumption.
他们制订并实施了一项降低燃料消耗的计划。
1、 “It is electricity consumption by microwaves that has the biggest impact on the environment,” say the authors.
“微波消耗的电量对环境的影响最大，”作者说。
1、 Year after year, faster and faster, consumption outpaces the biological capacity of our planet.
年复一年，消耗速度越来越快，超过了地球的生物承载力。
1、 Stemming climate change, for example, is as much about changing consumption patterns and promoting tax acceptance as it is about developing clean energy.
例如，遏制气候变化既要发展清洁能源，也要改变消费模式，提高税收接受度。
常见考点例句：
- Shift to greater domestic consumption ?
- 政策转向鼓励国内消费？
- China alone needs higher consumption .
- 只有中国需要增加消费。
- Consumption drives the u.s. economy .
- 消费推动着美国经济。
- That will push consumption up .
- 这将拉动国内消费。
- State ownership depresses consumption demand .
- 国家所有权抑制了消费需求。
