use

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(guò)多的油酥面團(tuán)。

The U.S. has used ships to bring most of its heavy material, like tanks, to the region. 美國(guó)已用船把坦克等大多數(shù)重型物資運(yùn)到了該地區(qū)。

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(méi)有把冰格盤(pán)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. 不是動(dòng)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 (藥、毒品)

He denied he had used drugs. 他否認(rèn)吸食過(guò)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 (廁所、衛(wèi)生間)[禮貌]

Wash your hands after using the bathroom. 如廁后請(qǐng)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(yǔ)或表達(dá)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(gè)詞來(lái)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(gè)名字)

Now I use a false name if I'm meeting people for the first time. 現(xiàn)在我和素未謀面的人見(jiàn)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)[表不滿]

Why do I have the feeling I'm being used again?

為什么我覺(jué)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藥物的使用。

...research related to microcomputers and their use in classrooms. …有關(guān)微型計(jì)算機(jī)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. 用處

You will no longer have a use for the magazines. 你將不再用得著這些雜志了。

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(cè)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(xué)現(xiàn)象，但沒(méi)有什么實(shí)際用途。

The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon. 該報(bào)告勾畫(huà)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(duì)某物的) 使用權(quán); 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(gè)晚上使用這輛車(chē)。

...young people who at some point in the past have lost the use of their limbs. …在過(guò)去某個(gè)時(shí)刻喪失了肢體使用能力的年輕人。

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(yǔ)的新用法在涌現(xiàn)，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. 厄克特先生使用假名，警察的調(diào)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(shè)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，但有它的用處。

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(fā)揮[書(shū)面]

Few found jobs in which they could make use of their new skills. 幾乎無(wú)人找得到能發(fā)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(méi)有用; 不奏效

It's no use. Let's hang up and try for a better line. 沒(méi)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(wú)用

The contents of this booklet should be of use to all students. 這本小冊(cè)子的內(nèi)容應(yīng)該對(duì)所有的學(xué)生都有用。