consumption

• n. 消費

消費する、消費する、消費する。

consumption (n.)

late 14c., "wasting of the body by disease; wasting disease" (replacing Old English yfeladl "the evil disease"), from Old French consumpcion, from Latin consumptionem (nominative consumptio) "a using up, wasting," noun of state from past participle stem of consumere (see consume). Meaning "the using up of material" is 1530s.

1. Most of the wine was unfit for human consumption .

これらの酒の大部分は人間の飲用に適さない。

2.There has been a slight increase in the consumption of meat.

肉消費量はわずかに増加した。

3.Ethiopia has almost the lowest oil consumption per capita in the world.

エチオピアの1人当たりの石油消費量は、ほぼ世界で最も低かった。

4.The restructuring of the pattern of consumption in Britain also lagged behind.

消費構造の再編においても、英国は人に後れを取っている。

5.Recycling the waste from our increased consumption is better than burning it.

消費を増やして発生したごみを焼却するよりも回収したほうがよい。