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消耗量

xiāo hào liàng

3-character word

What 消耗量 means

1. rate of consumption

The characters in 消耗量

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 耗hàoto waste; to spend; to consume
• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount

Example sentences

• 东欧的酒精消耗量比西欧高。
  Dōng ōu de jiǔjīng xiāohàoliàng bǐ Xī'ōu gāo.
  Alcohol consumption is higher in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe.
• 美国人快餐食物的消耗量在一九七七至一九九五年间大幅增长了三倍。
  Měiguórén kuàicān shíwù de xiāohàoliàng zài yī jiǔ qī qī zhì yī jiǔ jiǔ wǔ niánjiān dàfú zēngzhǎng le sānbèi.
  In America, the consumption of fast-food has tripled between 1977 and 1995.