| 单词 | non-consumption | 
| 释义 | non-consumptionn.  Refusal or failure to consume certain articles of food.In U.S. History, connected with the non-importation of goods from Great Britain in the 18th cent.; see non-importation n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > 			[noun]		 > refusal to eat certain foods non-consumption1774 1774    J. Adams Wks. 		(1854)	 IX. 347  				I believe we shall agree to non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation. 1775    Ann. Reg. 1774 Chron. 215/1  				As a non-consumption agreement..will be an effectual security for the observation of the non-importation, we..solemnly agree..that we will not purchase or use any tea imported on account of the East-India company [etc.]. 1833    W. G. Simms Bk. my Lady 333  				All the fairy tribe, from the goblin of indigestion..down to the shadowy pigmy of famine and non-consumption, have departed. 1888    Science 18 May 232/2  				In regard to the actual waste—non-consumption of foods purchased,—..the poor are much more economical than the well-to-do. 1929    Econ. Jrnl. 39 190  				Setting labour to work in making capital (i.e. non-consumption) goods. 1961    L. E. Davis  et al.  Amer. Econ. Hist. iii. 54  				The net..addition to a nation's capital stock..must be the result of nonconsumption of national product. 1999    Jrnl. Consumer Res. 26 86/1  				Jainists believe enlightenment occurs only through extreme nonconsumption. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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