burn calories

基本解釋

As you gain muscle, your body gains a bigger "engine" to burn calories more efficiently — which can result in weight loss.
你增加肌肉的同時，身體會獲得更加強大的“發(fā)動機”以更高效地燃燒卡路里，這會讓你體重減輕。
Scientists believe they have identified a 'good' fat tissue that helps burn calories and may lead to new treatments for obesity.
科學家們相信他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種幫助燃燒卡路里的“有益”脂肪組織，可能會產(chǎn)生治療肥胖癥的新方法。
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Regular strength training can help you reduce body fat, strengthen your muscles and more efficiently burn calories.
規(guī)律的力量訓練能夠幫助您減少身體多余的脂肪，加強您的肌肉力量，更有效地燃燒卡路里。

To lose that fat in a week, you have to burn off at least that amount in calories or eat that much less.
As we'll discuss in the class, and most of you probably know this, your body weight is a function of how many calories you take in and how many calories you burn off through metabolic processes but also physical activity.
我們將會講到,而且你們中的大部分人可能也知道,你的體重隨著卡路里的攝取量,和代謝中的消耗量而變化,還跟肢體活動有關
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Here are humans who had to walk long distances potentially to find the food, kill the food at great risk to themselves; inspiring a cascade of physiological effects that have to do with fear and arousal and things like that, not to mention all the calories one would burn doing this kind of activity.
這些人可能需要走很遠的路,去尋找食物,冒著巨大危險,殺死獵物,人們耗費能量以激活一系列生理效應,用以戰(zhàn)勝恐懼,引發(fā)斗志,更不用說人們在狩獵的過程中,消耗的卡路里量了
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For example, how many times have you heard that sexual intercourse is a great way to burn calories?
FORBES: Sorry, You Can't Sex Yourself Thin (But You Can Kill Your Sex Life with Fat)