It is“ gross” because it does not deduct any charges of the depreciate of capital used up in the course of this production.
称其为“总”，是因为没有扣除生产过程中的资本消耗费用。
The amount lost by gradual diminution or waste.
消耗量逐渐损耗或浪费而失去的量
He spends that he may succeed, and succeeds that he may spend.
他消耗以求成功，成功以求消费。
consumption area (of ozone depleting substances)
消耗臭氧物质的消费领域
The Court should be at great charges for the pomp.
如此铺张，朝廷要消耗巨额经费。
These hospital expenses made inroads on my savings.
医院的这些费用严重消耗了我的积蓄。
The cost of his children' s education was a drain on his money.
他的孩子的教育费用消耗了他的钱财。
Military spending is a huge drain on the country's resources.
军费开支是国家资源的一大消耗.
Something that goes out, especially an expenditure or a cost.
消耗向外付出之物，尤指花费或支出
Its just too much mana and effort for too little payoff.
而且图腾消耗也太大了，费效比很烂。
Analysis on Energy Consumption & Saving in High Energy-Consuming Industries of Shanxi Province
山西高耗能行业能源消费及节能分析
The using up of goods and services by consumer purchasing or in the production of other goods.
消费消费者在购买或生产其它商品时所消耗的商品及服务
Energy Requirement Induced by Urban Household Consumption in China
中国城镇居民生活消费诱发的完全能源消耗
Consumption is the total amount of fuel consumed expressed in gallons per hour.
消耗量就是以每小时加仑表示的所耗费的燃料总数。
Those small factories are also lavish consumer and waster of raw materials.
那些小工厂还在极大的消耗和浪费原材料。
Status of Energy Consumption and Saving Countermeasures:Example of Chongqing
能源消费状况与节能降耗对策:重庆个案
An amount consumed.
消耗量所消耗的数量
Consuming or tending to consume.
消耗性的消耗（性）的或促使消耗的
