No. 2,527 in Chinese
消耗
"消耗" means "to consume" or "to deplete."
In a sentence
他每天锻炼消耗了大量的能量。
He expends a lot of energy exercising every day.
In this sentence, '消耗' is used to describe the consumption or expenditure of energy through daily exercise.
长时间的会议让人感到精神消耗。
The long meeting leaves one feeling mentally drained.
Here, '消耗' refers to the mental or emotional depletion caused by prolonged activities such as meetings.
我们需要减少不必要的资源消耗。
We need to reduce unnecessary resource consumption.
In this context, '消耗' describes the usage or depletion of resources, emphasizing the need to minimize waste.
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