consume中等

According to the International Energy Agency, these buildings now consume about 1 percent of the world’s electricity.

据国际能源署称，这些建筑如今消耗了全球约1%的电力。

However, supporters of fake grass point out that there is also an environmental impact with natural lawns, which need mowing and therefore usually consume electricity or petrol.

然而，假草坪的支持者指出，天然草坪同样会对环境造成影响，因为它们需要修剪，因此通常要消耗电力或汽油。

You’ll have to make social media an [occasional] activity rather than a daily, time-consuming [habit].

你得把社交媒体变成偶尔为之的活动，而不是每天耗费时间的习惯。

That supplies 80 percent of what is consumed, so even covering the whole country in livestock farms wouldn’t allow us to cover all our meat and dairy needs.

这满足了80%的消费量，所以即使全国都变成畜牧场，也无法满足我们对肉类和奶制品的全部需求。

Just 23 percent of the fruit and vegetables consumed in the UK are currently home-grown, so even with the most extreme measures we could meet only 30 percent of our fresh produce needs.

目前英国消费的水果和蔬菜只有23%是本土种植的，所以即使采取最极端的措施，我们也只能满足30%的新鲜农产品需求。

consuming

消耗性的

Even in the event of a fire, fewer trees are consumed.

即使发生火灾，被烧毁的树木也会更少。