消耗
xiāo hào
Pinyin
Definition
消耗
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- to use up
- to consume
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
消愁解闷
- 1 lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom
- 2 to dispel depression or melancholy
- 3 to relieve stress
- 4 a relaxing pass-time
无福消受
- 1 unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)
狗拿耗子
- 1 lit. a dog who catches mice
- 2 to be meddlesome (idiom)
瞎猫碰上死耗子
- 1 a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
- 2 blind luck
猫哭耗子
- 1 the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
- 2 crocodile tears
Sample Sentences
但其实孙子是一个反战者，他认为正面的战争极度消耗资源，他推崇不战而胜。
But in fact, he opposes war and believes head on confrontation type of war is extremely resource-consuming. He advocates victory without fighting.
你想想啊，首先，煤电厂排放的不只是二氧化碳，还有其它有害气体，比如氧化氮和二氧化硫，这些有害气体的排放量比汽油汽车高很多。其次，在制造电动汽车时，它对环境的破坏更大。先要生产锂电池吧，这些锂电池体积很大，制造费用昂贵，尤其是特斯拉的电池更贵，它比对手的电池要更大更强大。许多电动汽车的电池要用到稀土，它本来就稀缺，而且提炼也耗钱。特斯拉的AC感应电动机没有使用稀土材料，但是公司的工程师也承认，S型汽车生产时消耗的能源比凯美瑞多。因此，在最初上路之前，S型汽车就已经远比其它汽车污染重了。你开得越久，它才越绿色。
Think about it. First, coal-fired power plants do not only emit carbon dioxide, but also other harmful gases; for example, nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide. The amount of emissions from these harmful gases is much higher than what comes from gasoline cars. Secondly, the damage to the environment is greater when manufacturing electric cars. First you need to produce a lithium battery. The volume of these lithium batteries is huge, so it is costly to manufacture them. Tesla's batteries are even more expensive as they are bigger and stronger than the competitor's. Many electric car batteries use rare earth elements, that are scarce, and which are costly to extract. Tesla's AC induction motor doesn't use rare earth materials, but the company's engineer also admits that when producing Model S cars, the consumption of energy is more than for a Camry. Therefore, in the beginning, before you get on the road, Model S cars have already caused much more severe pollution that other cars. The longer you drive it, the greener it will then become.
可是有好多事情还得我自己来呀。比如喂奶，因为我是母乳喂养，所以体力消耗特别大。
But there are a lot of things I still have to do myself. For example, nursing. I breast-feed, so it really consumes a lot of energy.
即使这样，现在养宠物的开销也不小，给宠物办证 、看病、买饲料就要花上一大笔钱，现在还流行给宠物做保健、美容甚至“征婚”，更有些人为了赶时髦，特意花重金购买从国外引进的名贵品种，这不是增加家庭的经济负担吗？而且宠物每年消耗大量的食物和资金，城市里每年用于养狗的钱就可以养活我们国家大量的贫困人口，这也太不合情理了吧。