Reader's Digest 4月号の記事 'Jonbenet Ramsey Did she know her murderer?' からの引用です。
Patsy had killed her daughter in a fit of rage over some kind of imperfection, such as wetting the bed. Maybe JonBenet's nine-year-old brother, Burke, was consumed by jealousy of his beautiful sister. Maybe John had been abusing his daughter in some way.
記事を読んでいて思い出しました、日本でも当時（１９９６年）新聞やTVの話題になった美少女（６歳）の迷宮入り殺人事件の話題ですね。
最後の文中の "was consumed by" の "consume" は以前（8/17/2016）に取り上げた "consumed with" と同じですね。
今回は前回引用しなかった次の辞書の説明を引用します。
・Macmillan Dictionary: to take all of your attention so that you cannot think of anything else: be consumed with/by something: I was consumed with curiosity about my new neighbor.
Patsy had killed her daughter in a fit of rage over some kind of imperfection, such as wetting the bed. Maybe JonBenet's nine-year-old brother, Burke, was consumed by jealousy of his beautiful sister. Maybe John had been abusing his daughter in some way.
記事を読んでいて思い出しました、日本でも当時（１９９６年）新聞やTVの話題になった美少女（６歳）の迷宮入り殺人事件の話題ですね。
最後の文中の "was consumed by" の "consume" は以前（8/17/2016）に取り上げた "consumed with" と同じですね。
今回は前回引用しなかった次の辞書の説明を引用します。
・Macmillan Dictionary: to take all of your attention so that you cannot think of anything else: be consumed with/by something: I was consumed with curiosity about my new neighbor.
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