释义 |
non-ˈusage [non- 1.] Cessation of the use of something; failure to use.
1552Huloet, Non vsage, dissuetudo. c1600Edmonds Observ. Cæsar's Comm. (1604) 31 As usage continueth the property of a tenure, so non-usage implieth a forfeiture. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxvii. 221 Non-usage often⁓times destroys ones Right. 1838–42Tupper Proverb. Philos. (1853) 427 For use will mould and mark it, or non-usage dull and blunt it. 1900Westm. Gaz. 22 Feb. 3/2 The point of non-usage was brought forward, and..it was distinctly laid down that ‘omission is not prohibition’. |