| 单词 | use something up |
| 释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to finish a supply of something completely They aren't the ones who use up the world's resources. Synonyms consume Some refrigerators consume 70 per cent less electricity than the least efficient models. drain Deficits drain resources from the pool of national savings. exhaust We have exhausted almost all our food supplies. finish He finished his dinner and left. waste a cruel disease which wastes the muscles absorb The campaign absorbed vast amounts of capital. run through deplete substances that deplete the ozone layer squander He had squandered his chances to win. devour swallow up burn up fritter away Additional synonymsin the sense of absorb The campaign absorbed vast amounts of capital. Synonyms consume, use, use up, spend, waste, employ, drain, exhaust, squander, utilize, expend, eat up, fritter away in the sense of deplete Definition to use up (supplies or money) substances that deplete the ozone layer Synonyms use up, reduce, drain, exhaust, consume, empty, decrease, evacuate, lessen, impoverish, expend, bankruptin the sense of devour Definition to engulf and destroy Synonyms destroy, spend, waste, consume, wipe out, ravage, annihilateNearby words of |
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