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A word , a look , and it 's suddenly there , all consuming , devouring .

一句话，一个眼神，它就会突然发生，强烈的，不计后果的。

They are too often built around consuming natural resources .

它们大多是建立在消耗自然资源的基础上。

Basketball is his consuming passion .

篮球令他着迷。

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。

Many people are unaware of just how much food and drink they consume

许多人并不知道他们究竟消耗掉了多少食品和饮料。

The fact of the matter is that most people consume far more protein than they actually need

真实的情况是，大多数人摄入的蛋白质比他们实际所需的多出许多。

Consuming this amount of food could turn these fit players into fatties

这些体格健壮的运动员吃这么多会变成胖子的。

Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models .

一些极为节能的冰箱比传统型号耗电减少70%。

He has developed a consuming passion for chess .

他对下棋产生了极为浓厚的兴趣。

Classically , overweight people underestimate the volume of food that they consume .

一般来说，超重的人往往低估自己摄入食物的量。

Earthworms consume large amounts of soil , and produce a rich humus , perfect in texture .

蚯蚓吃下大量土壤，排出肥力丰富、物理结构理想的腐殖质。

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。

Britons still consume more than 29 million pints a day , ranging over 1,000 or more different brews .

英国人每天仍然要喝掉2,900多万品脱、1,000多种不同牌子的啤酒。

Consuming information is somewhat similar .

获取信息也有几分相似。

Nearly all the cultural objects we consume arrive wrapped in inherited opinion ； our preferences are always , to some extent , someone else 's.

我们消费的几乎所有文化物品都是以继承的观点来包装的；在某种程度上,我们的偏好总是来自他人。

What happens to the centralized electric grid , which took decades and billions of dollars to build , as more and more people become " prosumers , " who produce and consume their own energy onsite ?

如果越来越多的人成为“产消合一者”，自己随时产出并消费能源，那些曾花费数十年和上百亿美金建造的中央电网该怎么办呢?

They may be able to handle a drought of some length , and many people use the term " drought tolerant " to describe such plants , but they never actually stop needing to consume water , so Farrant prefers to call them drought resistant .

它们也许能够应对一段时间的干旱，而且许多人用“耐旱”的这个术语来描述这种植物，但它们实际上从未停止消耗水的需求，所以法兰特更喜欢称它们为抗旱。

Since African agriculture is still broadly unproductive , food is imported , consuming a portion of revenue .

由于非洲农业仍然普遍缺乏生产力，所以粮食是进口的，这消耗了国家部分收入。

And other studies have found that watching ads for beer and popcorn may make you more likely to consume them .

另外，其他研究表明，观看啤酒和爆米花的广告使人更有可能食用它们。

Shouldn 't preparing — and consuming — food be a source of comfort , pride , health , well-being , relaxation , sociability ?

准备和享用食物不应该是最能给人带来舒适、骄傲、健康、幸福、放松、社交乐趣的吗？

People who eat slowly tend to consume about 70 fewer calories per meal than those who rush through their meals .

与那些匆匆忙忙地吃完饭的人相比,吃得慢的人每顿饭摄入的热量要少70卡路里。

That 's bad news for the environment — and our wallets — as these outdated devices consume much more energy than the newer ones that do the same things ．

这对环境和我们的钱包来说都是坏消息,因为这些过时的设备消耗的能量比那些有同样功能的新设备消耗的能量要多得多。

On a mere 1 / 10 of an acre in Los Angeles , Loe and her family grow , can and preserve much of the food they consume .

洛伊和她的家人在洛杉矶仅有0.1英亩的土地上种植,并将他们所食用的大部分食物装入罐头里保存。

We feel that we must consume because we believe that buying is doing .

我们感觉必须消费的原因是我们相信购买即生产。

People get fat because they can 't consume all the calories that they get .

人们之所以发胖,是因为他们不能消耗所有的卡路里。

Consuming products is not necessarily bad .

消费产品不一定不好。

How ? By consuming less .

怎么做？减少消费。

Do not eat more than you can consume .

不要吃得太多。

When you add it all up , you will probably see you spend a lot of your life consuming things .

当你把这一切加起来,你可能会发现你一生都在消耗物品。

This lack of regular physical activity means people burn fewer calories than in the past , so we need to do something to consume our energy .

缺乏规律的体育锻炼意味着人们比过去消耗的卡路里更少,所以我们需要做些事情来消耗我们的能量。