| 释义 |
▪ I. under-ˈuse, n.
[under-1 10 b.]
Insufficient use (of a facility, etc.); use below the optimum level.
1960Guardian 26 Nov. 2/7 There might, in some places, be a considerable ‘under-use’ of [parking] meters. 1971Country Life 18 Feb. 348/2 Under-use leads to poor maintenance of roofs, gutters and party walls. 1975Physics Bull. Sept. 411/3 A current wastage of communication in research (due to underuse of existing services) of the order of 9%.
▪ II. under-ˈuse, v.
[under-1 10 a.]
trans. To make insufficient use of (a facility, etc.); to use (something) below the optimum level. So under-ˈused ppl. a.
1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 8 Mar. 51/2 Farming can have no overwhelming case to retain all its present land while it is so obvious that some of it is still under-used. 1970Guardian 9 Nov. 10/2 A country can never recover by persistently under-using its resources, as Britain has done for too long. 1976Field 18 Nov. 948/1 The substantial amount of derelict and under-used land which exists in urban areas..indicates that these transfers could be reduced to not more than 29,700 acres per year. |