consumptive

常見例句

In addition, they argue, such "very small projects" are "consumptive in nature.
此外，他們還認為，此類“小投資項目”其實是“十分浪費的”。
These new consumptive habits and attitudes have created many differences in society.
這些新的消費習慣和態(tài)度給社會帶來了諸多不同。
This change has brought with it consumptive habit changes.
這種變化還帶來了消費習慣的變化。

"And,what you see is a new economy breaking through what's breaking down: that heavy,industrialized, over-ambitious,over-productive, over-consumptive model, which is actually going to completely destroy our chancesof survival in the future.
And I want to suggest to you that part of the misogyny of the novel part of that misogyny is connected to this consumptive ethos.
我還要提醒你們小說里的厭女癥部分,一部分的厭女癥是和這種消耗性的氣質(zhì)相關聯(lián)的。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年后的美國小說課程節(jié)選

That all wealth once again originates through savings is the other clear reason that individuals should not scratch every consumptive itch.
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Relative to actual annual consumptive usage, there is already a greater inventory of gold than there is of any other commodity.
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"Data centers are hugely consumptive forces, " said Kevin Klustner, chief executive of Verdiem, a Seattle-based start-up that has developed energy-efficiency software for computer systems.
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