consuming

英 [kənˈsjuːmɪŋ]

美 [kənˈsuːmɪŋ]

adj. 强烈的; 重要的; 令人着迷的
v. 消耗，耗费(燃料、能量、时间等); 吃; 喝; 饮; 使充满(强烈的感情)
consume的现在分词

现在分词：consuming　

Collins.2 / BNC.20967 / COCA.22452

牛津词典

adj.

强烈的；重要的；令人着迷的
so strong or important that it takes up all your time and energy
1. Basketball is his consuming passion .
  篮球令他着迷。

adj

very intense
1. politics is his consuming passion
2. overwhelming joy
Synonym:overwhelming

Going to court can be an expensive, time consuming and gut wrenching experience that is best avoided.
打官司费钱耗时而且给人添堵，所以最好能避则避。
But home decorating can also be an expensive and time consuming project.
但是，家居装饰也可能成为昂贵而耗时的项目。
This is a wake-up call to the oil consuming countries and to the oil producers.
这对石油消费国和产油国都是一记警钟。
It's just very time consuming to get such a large quantity of data
获取如此大量的数据非常费时。
The Chinese are eating more oil and consuming more fat.
中国人一直在进食更多的油脂并消耗更多的脂肪。
Trimming fat from meat and consuming low fat dairy products may decrease the exposure to dioxin compounds.
剔除肉食中的脂肪和食用低脂乳制品，可以降低对二恶英化合物的接触。
It adds support for the Restlet project which is a lightweight and powerful library for consuming and building services.
它加入了Restlet项目的支持，该项目是一个消费和创建服务的轻量级强大代码库。
International Food Intake Data the act of consuming food.
摄取和消费食物的动作。
This analysis is often time consuming.
通常这种分析很耗时。
This is time consuming and expensive work, and is generally reserved for finer pieces.
这是费时和昂贵的工作，一般是细件保留。