consuming

英 [kənˈsjuːmɪŋ]

美 [kənˈsuːmɪŋ]

adj. 强烈的; 重要的; 令人着迷的
v. 消耗，耗费(燃料、能量、时间等); 吃; 喝; 饮; 使充满(强烈的感情)
consume的现在分词

现在分词：consuming　

Collins.2 / BNC.20967 / COCA.22452

牛津词典

adj.

强烈的；重要的；令人着迷的
so strong or important that it takes up all your time and energy
1. Basketball is his consuming passion .
  篮球令他着迷。

adj

very intense
1. politics is his consuming passion
2. overwhelming joy
Synonym:overwhelming

A SOA can realize great benefits for an organization, but can be costly and time consuming.
虽然SOA可以为组织带来许多好处，但同时也可能带来很大的成本支出和时间消耗。
This is a significant manual process, consuming both patient and medical provider time and resources.
这是一个庞大的手动过程，病人和医疗服务提供者都需要投入时间和资源。
All of the time consuming parts of the system are parallelize and roughly linear time.
所有的耗时部分系统的并行和大约线性时间。
It's a real revolution about people's consuming habits.
这是人们消费习惯上的一场真正的革命。
The Chinese are eating more oil and consuming more fat.
中国人一直在进食更多的油脂并消耗更多的脂肪。
This is a wake-up call to the oil consuming countries and to the oil producers.
这对石油消费国和产油国都是一记警钟。
From the aspect of audience, five characteristics of consuming and culture consciousness are pointed out;
从受众角度了其消费意识和文化意识上的五点特征；
International Food Intake Data the act of consuming food.
摄取和消费食物的动作。
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。
; it interacts with other organizations by providing and consuming services.
；它通过提供和消费服务来同其他组织进行交互。