新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

use

英  [juːz]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • uses

    1[U 不可数名词] 使用

    Your use of something is the action or fact of your using it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The treatment does not involve the use of any artificial drugs.

    这种疗法不会用到任何人造药物。

    例:

    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情况的研究。

    例:

    He said he supported the use of force.

    他说他支持使用武力。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 用处

    If you have a use for something, you need it or can find something to do with it.

    双语例句

    例:

    You will no longer have a use for the magazines.

    你再也用不着这些杂志了。

    3[C, U 有变体名词] 用途

    If something has a particular use, it is intended for a particular purpose.

    双语例句

    例:

    Infrared detectors have many uses.

    红外探测器有多种用途。

    例:

    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。

    例:

    The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon.

    该报告描绘了这种新武器的可能用途。

    例:

    We need to recognize that certain uses of the land are simply wrong.

    我们必须承认我们对土地的某些使用方式是完全错误的。

    4[U 不可数名词] (对某物的)使用权 , 使用能力

    If you have the use of something, you have the permission or ability to use it.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    例:

    young people who at some point in the past have lost the use of their limbs.

    曾一度手脚失去功能的年轻人。

    5[C 可数名词] (词的)意义 , 用法

    A use of a word is a particular meaning that it has or a particular way in which it can be used.

    双语例句

    例:

    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[U 不可数名词] (某名字的)使用

    Your use of a particular name is the fact of your calling yourself by it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Police have been hampered by Mr Urquhart's use of bogus names.

    厄克特先生使用了假名,警察的调查因此受阻。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • use up

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 用光(同)use)

    Use up means the same as use.

    双语例句

    例:

    It isn't animals who use up the world's resources.

    耗尽世界资源的并不是动物。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • for the use of

    1以供(某人、某些人)使用

    If something is for the use of a particular person or group of people, it is for that person or group to use.

    双语例句

    例:

    The facilities are there for the use of guests.

    那些设施摆在那儿以供客人们使用。

  • have its uses

    1有其用途

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    It wasn't a life she particularly enjoyed, but it had its uses.

    她并不是特别喜欢这种生活,但它也有自己的好处。

  • in use

    1在用 , 不再用

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

  • make use of

    1利用 , 发挥

    If you make use of something, you do something with it in order to do a job or achieve a particular result or effect.

    双语例句

    例:

    Few found jobs in which they could make use of their new skills.

    很少有人找到能发挥自己新技能的工作。

  • it's no use

    1没有用 , 不奏效

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    It's no use. Let's hang up and try for a better line.

    没用。我们挂断电话,试试更好的线路吧。

  • be of use , be no use

    1有用 , 无用

    If something or someone is of use, they are useful. If they are no use, they are not at all useful.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    VERB. 动词
  • uses , using , used

    1[T 及物动词] 使用

    If you use something, you do something with it in order to do a job or to achieve a particular result or effect.

    双语例句

    例:

    Trim off the excess pastry using a sharp knife.

    用一把快刀切掉多余的饼皮。

    例:

    The US 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。

    例:

    He had simply used a little imagination.

    他不过是用了一点儿想像。

    例:

    using personal computers as teaching tools.

    利用个人电脑作为教学工具。

    例:

    Officials used microphones to call for calm.

    官员们通过扩音器呼吁大家保持冷静。

    2[T 及物动词] 用光

    If you use a supply of something, you finish it so that none of it is left.

    双语例句

    例:

    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[T 及物动词] 服 , 吸食(药、毒品)

    If someone uses drugs, they take drugs regularly, especially illegal ones.

    近义词

    take , do

    双语例句

    例:

    He denied he had used drugs.

    他否认吸食过毒品。

    4[T 及物动词] 用(厕所、卫生间)

    You can say that someone uses the toilet or bathroom as a polite way of saying that they go to the toilet.

    双语例句

    例:

    Wash your hands after using the bathroom.

    如厕后请洗手。

    5[T 及物动词] 用(某词语或表达方式)

    If you use a particular word or expression, you say or write it, because it has the meaning that you want to express.

    双语例句

    例:

    The judge liked using the word 'wicked' of people he had sent to jail.

    那位法官喜欢用“邪恶”一词来形容被他判决入狱的人。

    6[T 及物动词] 用(某个名字)

    If you use a particular name, you call yourself by that name, especially when it is not the name that you usually call yourself.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    7[T 及物动词] 利用(人)

    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.

    近义词

    exploit

    双语例句

    例:

    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?