con-, 强调。-sum, 拿，带，词源同assume, resume. 此处用于比喻义，指占据，充满心头的。

1. Consuming this amount of food could turn these fit players into fatties.

这些体格健壮的运动员吃这么多会变成胖子的。

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2. Haig's rise was fuelled by an all-consuming sense of patriotic duty.

黑格非常强烈的爱国主义责任感使他的地位大大提高了。

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3. Starting a new business, however small, is a time-consuming exercise.

创办一家新企业，不管多小，都是件旷日持久的事。

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4. It was a time-consuming and fiddly job.

这项工作耗时费事。

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5. Nursing a demented person is an all-consuming task.

照顾一个精神病人是时刻都要劳神费力的苦差事。

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