tiêu hao
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Definition
- Verb:
- To consume, to use up: To expend or deplete a resource, such as energy, fuel, time, or supplies.
- To wear down, to deplete: To gradually reduce the strength, numbers, or effectiveness of something, often through sustained effort or attrition.
- To dissipate, to be lost: To be used and lost, often without a tangible result.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Động cơ này tiêu hao rất ít nhiên liệu. (This engine consumes very little fuel.)
- Chiến lược đó nhằm tiêu hao sinh lực địch. (That strategy aims to deplete the enemy's manpower.)
- Năng lượng bị tiêu hao chủ yếu dưới dạng nhiệt. (The energy is dissipated primarily as heat.)
Advanced Usage
- "chiến tranh tiêu hao": war of attrition.
- Cuộc xung đột đã trở thành một cuộc chiến tranh tiêu hao. (The conflict has turned into a war of attrition.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tiêu tốn (v): to spend, to consume (often money, resources). Can be similar but sometimes implies a cost or expenditure.
- Dự án tiêu tốn nhiều ngân sách. (The project consumes a lot of the budget.)
- Tiêu thụ (v): to consume (often in commercial/economic contexts for goods, products, electricity).
- Thị trường tiêu thụ hàng hóa. (The market consumes goods.)
- Hao mòn (v/n): to wear out, to deteriorate; wear and tear.
- Máy móc bị hao mòn theo thời gian. (Machinery wears out over time.)
Synonyms
- Consume: to use up a resource.
- Deplete: to reduce the supply or strength of something.
- Expend: to spend or use up.
- Dissipate: to scatter or waste.
Related Idioms
- Tiêu hao sinh lực: to wear down manpower/strength (a common military term).
- Trận đánh này khiến đối phương tiêu hao sinh lực nghiêm trọng. (This battle caused serious depletion of the enemy's manpower.)
verb
- to wear out, to thin out, to consume