消耗

许多人并不知道他们究竟消耗掉了多少食品和饮料。

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

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。

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 .

电力工业消耗大量的矿物燃料。

The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels .

燃气和燃油的消耗量在天冷时总会增加。

Gas and oil consumption always increases in cold weather .

他们的食物储备已消耗殆尽。

They are at the end of their food supply .

他们制订并实施了一项降低燃料消耗的计划。

They drew up and executed a plan to reduce fuel consumption .

由于流感爆发已大肆流行，疫苗供应开始消耗殆尽。

Vaccine supplies started to run dry as the flu outbreak reached epidemic proportions .

难民的大量涌入把这个国家的资源消耗殆尽。

The influx of refugees has stretched the country 's resources to the limit .

随着一天天衰老，我们的身体消耗热量的功能逐渐减弱。

As we get older , our bodies become less efficient at burning up calories .

这是一场消耗战。

It was a war of attrition .

普通成年男子每天消耗的热量为1,500到2,000卡路里。

The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day

所进行的剧烈运动可以消耗掉增加的热量。

The strenuous exercise undergone could balance out the increased calories .

这将会改善你的表现，并帮你消耗卡路里。

This will improve your performance and help you burn off calories .

快走比慢跑能消耗更多的热量。

Brisk walking burns up more calories than slow jogging .

它消耗掉了原本可用于投资的大笔资金。

It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment

工资的涨幅高过了生产率增长的速度，从而消耗了利润所得。

Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits .

体力劳动者身体消耗巨大，早餐要丰盛一些。

Manual workers need a good breakfast for high-energy output

肌肉的收缩消耗能量并且释放热量。

The contraction of muscles uses energy and releases heat

能源消耗、交通堵塞以及污染状况愈加严重。

Energy consumption , congestion and pollution have increased .

国家财力已经被战争消耗殆尽。

The state 's finances have been drained by war

经济衰退正在消耗他们的财政收入。

The recession is eating away at their revenues .

我可以帮助解决消耗精力的冲突。

I can help resolve conflicts that drain energy .

随着年龄的增加，人在消耗体力时心脏的输血能力和输血速度会有所减弱。

Age diminishes the heart 's ability to pump harder and faster under exertion .

消耗臭氧的化学物质的使用急剧增多，政府却坐视不理。

The use of ozone-depleting chemicals grew dramatically and the government sat idly by .

由于没有消耗卡路里，你吃的所有东西都会变成脂肪。

Because you 're not burning calories , everything you eat turns to fat .

有氧运动加速心脏跳动，有助于消耗更多脂肪。

Aerobic exercise gets the heart pumping and helps you to burn up the fat .

在与政府的消耗战中，反叛者宣布停火。

The rebels have declared a ceasefire in their war of attrition against the government .

孩子们消耗很多能量，可能比成年人需要更多高能量的食物。

Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high-energy food than adults .

全球变暖的威胁将最终迫使美国减缓能源消耗。

The threat of global warming will eventually force the US to slow down its energy consumption .

土壤首先是被种植其中的作物消耗掉，其次受自然风化和细菌活动的侵蚀。

The soil is depleted first by having crops grown in it and second by natural weathering and bacterial action .