農業需要消耗大量的水。

Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 農業 nóngyè
  1. agriculture
  2. farming
2 需要 xūyào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
3 消耗 xiāohào
  1. to consume; to use up
  2. to deplete; to expend
  3. (old) news; mail; message
4 大量 dàliàng
  1. great amount
  2. large quantity
  3. bulk
  4. numerous
  5. generous
  6. magnanimous
=5 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=5 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=5 的 dí really and truly
=5 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=6 水 Shuǐ surname Shui
=6 水 shuǐ
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. to swim (used mostly in 会水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
  4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
  5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
  6. classifier for washings of a garment