Characters
- 消 (消): to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- 耗 (耗): to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally
Resources
- Wiktionary: 消耗
- MDBG: 消耗
- Examples with 消耗 on Tatoeba
Examples
我们消耗了所有的自然资源。
瑞士人消耗不少啤酒。
在法國,人們大量消耗酒類飲品。
在交通上花费的时间越短,则金钱上的消耗越多。
農業需要消耗大量的水。