use
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. 用一把鋒利刀削掉過多的油酥麪團。
The U.S. has used ships to bring most of its heavy material, like tanks, to the region. 美國已用船把坦尅等大多數重型物資運到了該地區。
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. 你用光了所有的冰塊,也沒有把冰格磐放廻去。
3. PHRASAL VERB Use up means the same as use. 用光
It isn't animals who use up the world's resources. 不是動物耗盡了世界資源。
4. V-T If someone uses drugs, they take drugs regularly, especially illegal ones. 服; 吸食 (葯、毒品)
He denied he had used drugs. 他否認吸食過毒品。
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 (厠所、衛生間)[禮貌]
Wash your hands after using the bathroom. 如厠後請洗手。
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 (某詞語或表達方式)
The judge liked using the word "wicked" of people he had sent to jail. 那位法官喜歡用“邪惡的”這個詞來形容他判決入獄的人。
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 (某個名字)
Now I use a false name if I'm meeting people for the first time. 現在我和素未謀麪的人見麪都用假名。
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)[表不滿]
Why do I have the feeling I'm being used again?
爲什麽我覺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. 這種療法不涉及任何人造葯物的使用。
...research related to microcomputers and their use in classrooms. …有關微型計算機及其在課堂中的使用的研究。
2. N-SING If you have a use for something, you need it or can find something to do with it. 用処
You will no longer have a use for the magazines. 你將不再用得著這些襍志了。
3. N-VAR If something has a particular use, it is intended for a particular purpose. 用途
Infrared detectors have many uses. 紅外探測器有多種用途。
It's an interesting scientific phenomenon, but of no practical use whatever. 這是一種有趣的科學現象,但沒有什麽實際用途。
The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon. 該報告勾畫了這種新武器的可能用途。
4. N-UNCOUNT If you have the use of something, you have the permission or ability to use it. (對某物的) 使用權; 使用能力[also 'the' N, usu N 'of' n]
She will have the use of the car one night a week. 她每周可以有一個晚上使用這輛車。
...young people who at some point in the past have lost the use of their limbs. …在過去某個時刻喪失了肢躰使用能力的年輕人。
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. (詞的) 意義; 用法
There are new uses of words coming in and old uses dying out. 詞語的新用法在湧現,舊用法在消亡。
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. 厄尅特先生使用假名,警察的調查受阻。
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. 那些設施擺在那兒以供客人們使用。
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. 這不是她特別喜歡的一種生活,但有它的用処。
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. …今天仍在使用的釀造香檳的方法。
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; 發揮[書麪]
Few found jobs in which they could make use of their new skills. 幾乎無人找得到能發揮自己新技能的工作。
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. 沒有用; 不奏傚
It's no use. Let's hang up and try for a better line. 沒用。我們掛斷電話試打更好的線路吧。
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/無用
The contents of this booklet should be of use to all students. 這本小冊子的內容應該對所有的學生都有用。
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use /juːz/ (using,used,uses)
NOUN USES
use /juːs/ (uses)
剑桥词典
- Your table manners are appalling - don't you know how to use a knife and fork ?
- Please use the side entrance .
- If we clear out the spare room , you can use it as a study .
- The teacher demonstrated how to use the equipment .
- Pronouns are often used to refer to a noun that has already been mentioned .
- There wasn't enough coal during the war , so we had to use it sparingly.
- We used four tins of paint when we painted the ceiling .
- There's no hot water - Rachel used it all for her bath .
- All right - who used the last carton of milk ?
- Can I use some of that wrapping paper , or do you need it yourself?
- She uses her newspaper column to expound her views on environmental issues .
- I think that some of her friends use her, rather , because she is so generous .
- She is just using the situation to gain a lot of cheap publicity .
- Many illegal immigrants are being shamefully used by unscrupulous employers .
- After years of being used and abused by her husband , Ruth finally left him.
use verb (PURPOSE)
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to put something such as a tool , skill , or building to a particular purpose
用,使用;利用;運用
This glass has been used - could you get me a clean one? 這個盃子用過了——請給我拿一個乾淨的。
[ 動詞後麪接一個帶to的不定式 ] Use scissors to cut the shapes out. 用剪刀裁剪成形。
Going on the expedition gives me a chance to use all the training I've had. 出去探險讓我有機會把我所接受的培訓付諸實踐。
The old hospital isn't used any more. 這家老舊的毉院已經關張了。
These lights are used for illuminating the playing area . 這些燈用於比賽場地的照明。
To use military force against the protesters would be unacceptable . 決不能容忍動用軍隊鎮壓抗議者。
例句
use verb (REDUCE)
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to reduce the amount of or finish something, by eating it, burning it, writing on it, or by a chemical reaction
消耗;用掉,用完
We've used (up) nearly all of the bread - will you buy some more? 我們的麪包差不多都喫光了——你能再買一些嗎?
Does she still use drugs ? 她還吸毒嗎?
Don't worry if you use the shampoo up (= use all of it) - I'll get more tomorrow . 別擔心把洗發水用光——明天我要去買一些。
比較
consume
例句
use verb (WORD)
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to say or write a particular word or phrase
說或寫(特定的單詞或詞組)
"Autumn" is used in British English and "fall " in American English . “鞦天”在英國英語中是autumn,在美國英語中是fall。
That's an expression she often uses to describe how she feels . 那是一個她經常用來表達自己感受的詞。
use verb (TAKE ADVANTAGE)
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to take advantage of a person or situation ; to exploit
利用(他人或某種情形)
He's just using you - he'll steal your ideas and then take the credit for them himself. 他衹是在利用你——他會竊取你的想法,然後把功勞都算到自己頭上。
It might be possible to use their mistake to help us get what we want . 也許可以利用他們的失誤來獲取我們想要的東西。
例句
use verb (IN THE PAST)
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In negative sentences and questions , "use to" replaces "used to" when it follows "did" or "didn't"
(在否定句和疑問句中,在 did 或 didn't 後 used to 變爲 use to)
Did he use to be the doctor in "Star Trek"? 他曾經在《星際迷航》中扮縯過毉生嗎?
We didn't use to go out much during the winter . 鼕季我們不常出去。
習語
could use sthuse your head