英语单词“self-consuming”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 self-consuming 释义 self-consumingadjective(alsoselfconsuming)uk

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/?self.k?n?su?.m??/Something that is self-consuming uses itselfcompletelyorcompletelydestroysitself, without anyoutsideforcesoractions:Thiscombinationofrevulsionandfascinationdrivesthenovel, giving it a self-consumingenergy.Life in thisworldwhere everythingturnsin on itself isshallowand self-consuming.

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• When one'sfateis in thehandsof another who isthoughtof asmaliciouslyorcontemptuouslyunjust, self-consumingbitternessis theresult.
• Hedescribedthecigaretteas the self-consumingiconofuselessdelight.
• Thepaintingsuggeststhathumanscanbecomeliterallyself-consuming, likeSaturneatinghis ownchildren.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Using and misusing

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• gobblesomethingup
• make capital out ofsomethingidiom
• max
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• swallow
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• turn tosomeone/something
• turn/usesomethingto good accountidiom
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(Definition ofself-consumingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/self-consuming##