consume學測 L4KK [kəˈnsum] ｜ /kəˈnsum/
消耗、用盡·吃；喝（攝取）·（火）燒毀、吞噬·情緒佔據心思
三民、龍騰高一課本必考動詞
Playing basketball for hours can consume all your energy.
打籃球打好幾個小時會耗盡你所有的體力。
一個畫面：整個吞光殆盡
大口吞食把食物或飲料整個吃下肚
火舌吞噬烈焰一路燒到什麼都不剩
用到精光資源被耗到一滴不剩
情緒佔滿心思被單一念頭整個佔據
義項
耗盡油箱B2verb消耗、用盡
The long road trip consumed almost all of the fuel in his car.
這趟長途旅行幾乎用盡了他車裡所有的汽油。
consume fuelconsume water
日常飲食B2verb吃；喝（攝取）
Doctors say we should not consume too much salt every day.
醫生說我們每天不該攝取太多鹽分。
consume saltconsume food
烈焰吞林B2verb（火）燒毀、吞噬
The big fire consumed the whole forest and left only ashes.
大火吞噬了整片森林，只留下灰燼。
consumed by fire
憂慮纏身B2verb情緒佔據心思
He was so consumed by worry that he could not sleep.
他被憂慮完全佔據，無法入睡。
consumed by worryconsumed by fear
片語
consumed by fire烈火吞噬 →被大火燒毀殆盡
consume energy耗盡體力 →消耗掉精力或體力
consumed by worry憂心忡忡 →滿腦子都是擔憂
你會不會這樣說？
Factories ___ large amounts of water in production. (consume / consumer)
看答案
consume
consume 是動詞，consumer 是名詞，需填動詞。
'He was so consumed by worry that he could not sleep.' 這裡的 consumed 最接近哪個意思？(A) 用盡資源 (B) 情緒佔滿心思 (C) 燒毀摧毀
看答案
(B)
此句是情緒佔滿心思的用法，不是用盡資源。
字族
consumer 消費者・consumption 消耗；消費