to consume

• 消耗物力

  consume resources

• 消耗敌人的有生力量

  exhaust the enemy's effective strength

• 消耗殆尽

  almost completely consumed

• 劳动力的消耗

  labour consumption

• 军队的消耗和补充

  army consumption and replenishment

• 消耗精力

  consume one's energy

• 这项工作消耗了许多精力。

  This job used up a lot of energy.

• 为解决这一问题消耗了不少精力。

  It took a lot of energy to solve this problem.

• 这种氯化器消耗原料多。

  This type of chlorinator uses up a lot of raw material.

• 降低能源消耗

  cut energy consumption