to consume
Example Sentences
为了攻克这个核心算法瓶颈，科研团队耗费了整整三年的宝贵时间。
wèi le gōng kè zhè ge hé xīn suàn fǎ píng jǐng, kē yán tuán duì hào fèi le zhěng zhěng sān nián de bǎo guì shí jiān.
In order to overcome this core algorithm bottleneck, the scientific research team spent three full years of precious time.
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Related Words & Compounds
to consume; to expend
time consuming
to exhaust / to use up / to deplete / to drain
(dialect) mouse; rat
to spend / expenditure / to cost
to consume electricity / power consumption
consumables / to consume raw materials
to waste
fuel consumption
(of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost
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