using
柯林斯词典
- VERB USES
1. V-T If you use something, you do something with it in order to do a job or to achieve a particular result or effect. 使用
Trim off the excess pastry using a sharp knife. 用一把锋利刀削掉过多的油酥面团。
The U.S. has used ships to bring most of its heavy material, like tanks, to the region. 美国已用船把坦克等大多数重型物资运到了该地区。
2. V-T If you use a supply of something, you finish it so that none of it is left. 用光
You used all the ice cubes and didn't put the ice trays back. 你用光了所有的冰块，也没有把冰格盘放回去。
3. PHRASAL VERB Use up means the same as use. 用光
It isn't animals who use up the world's resources. 不是动物耗尽了世界资源。
4. V-T If someone uses drugs, they take drugs regularly, especially illegal ones. 服; 吸食 (药、毒品)
He denied he had used drugs. 他否认吸食过毒品。
5. V-T You can say that someone uses the toilet or bathroom as a polite way of saying that they go to the toilet. 用 (厕所、卫生间)[礼貌]
Wash your hands after using the bathroom. 如厕后请洗手。
6. V-T If you use a particular word or expression, you say or write it, because it has the meaning that you want to express. 用 (某词语或表达方式)
The judge liked using the word "wicked" of people he had sent to jail. 那位法官喜欢用“邪恶的”这个词来形容他判决入狱的人。
7. V-T If you use a particular name, you call yourself by that name, especially when it is not the name that you usually call yourself. 用 (某个名字)
Now I use a false name if I'm meeting people for the first time. 现在我和素未谋面的人见面都用假名。
8. V-T If you say that someone uses people, you disapprove of them because they make others do things for them in order to benefit or gain some advantage from it, and not because they care about the other people. 利用 (人)[表不满]
Why do I have the feeling I'm being used again?
为什么我觉得自己又在被人利用呢？
9. →see also used
V-T
1. N-UNCOUNT Your use of something is the action or fact of your using it. 使用[also 'a' N, usu N 'of' n]
The treatment does not involve the use of any artificial drugs. 这种疗法不涉及任何人造药物的使用。
...research related to microcomputers and their use in classrooms. …有关微型计算机及其在课堂中的使用的研究。
2. N-SING If you have a use for something, you need it or can find something to do with it. 用处
You will no longer have a use for the magazines. 你将不再用得着这些杂志了。
3. N-VAR If something has a particular use, it is intended for a particular purpose. 用途
Infrared detectors have many uses. 红外探测器有多种用途。
It's an interesting scientific phenomenon, but of no practical use whatever. 这是一种有趣的科学现象，但没有什么实际用途。
The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon. 该报告勾画了这种新武器的可能用途。
4. N-UNCOUNT If you have the use of something, you have the permission or ability to use it. (对某物的) 使用权; 使用能力[also 'the' N, usu N 'of' n]
She will have the use of the car one night a week. 她每周可以有一个晚上使用这辆车。
...young people who at some point in the past have lost the use of their limbs. …在过去某个时刻丧失了肢体使用能力的年轻人。
5. N-COUNT A use of a word is a particular meaning that it has or a particular way in which it can be used. (词的) 意义; 用法
There are new uses of words coming in and old uses dying out. 词语的新用法在涌现，旧用法在消亡。
6. N-UNCOUNT Your use of a particular name is the fact of your calling yourself by it. (某名字的) 使用
Police have been hampered by Mr. Urquhart's use of bogus names. 厄克特先生使用假名，警察的调查受阻。
7. PHRASE If something is for the use of a particular person or group of people, it is for that person or group to use. 以供 (某人、某些人) 使用
The facilities are there for the use of guests. 那些设施摆在那儿以供客人们使用。
8. PHRASE If you say that being something or knowing someone has its uses, you mean that it makes it possible for you to do what you otherwise would not be able to do. 有其用途[非正式]
It wasn't a life she particularly enjoyed, but it had its uses. 这不是她特别喜欢的一种生活，但有它的用处。
9. PHRASE If something such as a technique, building, or machine is in use, it is used regularly by people. If it has gone out of use, it is no longer used regularly by people. 在用/不再用
...the methods of making champagne which are still in use today. …今天仍在使用的酿造香槟的方法。
10. PHRASE If you make use of something, you do something with it in order to do a job or achieve a particular result or effect. 利用; 发挥[书面]
Few found jobs in which they could make use of their new skills. 几乎无人找得到能发挥自己新技能的工作。
11. PHRASE If you say it's no use, you mean that you have failed to do something and realize that it is useless to continue trying because it is impossible. 没有用; 不奏效
It's no use. Let's hang up and try for a better line. 没用。我们挂断电话试打更好的线路吧。
12. PHRASE If something or someone is of use, they are useful. If they are no use, they are not at all useful. 有用/无用
The contents of this booklet should be of use to all students. 这本小册子的内容应该对所有的学生都有用。
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use /juːz/ (using,used,uses)
NOUN USES