hào

Translation

  • to waste
  • to spend
  • to consume
  • to squander
  • news
  • (coll.) to delay
  • to dilly-dally

Synonyms

Examples

  • 我把旅费光了。
    I have run out of my traveling expenses.
  • 我们消了所有的自然资源。
    We have consumed all the natural resources.
  • 这是一件十分时的工作。
    This is a very time-consuming task.
  • 这意味着对利用能源、费资金和制造污染的空调的使用有了大幅增长。
    It means a huge increase in the use of air conditioning which uses energy, which costs money and creates pollution.
  • 美国人快餐食物的消量在一九七七至一九九五年间大幅增长了三倍。
    In America, the consumption of fast-food has tripled between 1977 and 1995.
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