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单词 use
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1. verb uses2. noun uses
use
(juːz )
verb uses
Word forms: uses , using , used
1. verb A1
If you use something, you do something with it in order to do a job or to achieve a particular result or effect.
Trim off the excess pastry using a sharp knife. [VERB noun]
He had simply used a little imagination. [VERB noun]
Officials used loudhailers to call for calm. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
The show uses Zondo's trial and execution as its framework. [VERB noun preposition]
Synonyms: employ, utilize, make use of, work  
2. verb B1+
If you use a supply of something, you finish it so that none of it is left.
You used all the ice cubes and didn't put the ice trays back. [VERB noun]
They've never had anything spare–they've always used it all. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: consume, go through, exhaust, spend  
Use up means the same as use1.
It isn't them who use up the world's resources. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
We were breathing really fast, and using the air up quickly. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
3. verb
If someone uses drugs, they take drugs regularly, especially illegal ones.
He denied he had used drugs. [VERB noun]
4. verb
You can say that someone uses the toilet or bathroom as a polite way of saying that they go to the toilet. [politeness]
Wash your hands after using the toilet. [VERB noun]
He asked whether he could use my bathroom. [VERB noun]
5. verb B2
If you use a particular word or expression, you say or write it, because it has the meaning that you want to express.
The judge liked using the word 'wicked' of people he had sent to jail. [VERB noun]
When Johnson talks about cuts, he uses words like 'target price' and 'efficiency payments'. [VERB noun]
6. verb
If you use a particular name, you call yourself by that name, especially when it is not the name that you usually call yourself.
Now I use a false name if I'm meeting people for the first time. [VERB noun]
I didn't want to use my married name because we've split. [VERB noun]
7. verb
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. [disapproval]
Be careful she's not just using you. [VERB noun]
Why do I have the feeling I'm being used again? [be VERB-ed]
Synonyms: take advantage of, exploit, manipulate, abuse  
8.  See also used1
use
(juːs )
noun uses
Word forms: uses
1. uncountable noun [oft a NOUN] A2
Your use of something is the action or fact of your using it.
The treatment does not involve the use of any artificial drugs. [+ of]
…research into gene therapy and its use in treating certain conditions.
We are denied use of the land by the ruling classes. [+ of]
He would support a use of force if the U.N. deemed it necessary. [+ of]
Synonyms: usage, employment, utilization, operation  
2. singular noun B1
If you have a use for something, you need it or can find something to do with it.
You will no longer have a use for the magazines. [+ for]
They both loved the fabric, but couldn't find a use for it. [+ for]
Synonyms: purpose, call, need, end  
3. variable noun [oft adjective NOUN] B1
If something has a particular use, it is intended for a particular purpose.
Infrared detectors have many uses.
It's an interesting scientific phenomenon, but of no practical use whatever.
French furniture was designed for every use.
The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon. [+ for]
...elderflower water for use as an eye and skin lotion. [+ as]
We need to recognize that certain uses of the land upon which we live are simply wrong. [+ of]
[Also + in]
4. uncountable noun [oft the NOUN]
If you have the use of something, you have the permission or ability to use it.
She will have the use of the car one night a week. [+ of]
...young people who at some point in the past have lost the use of their limbs. [+ of]
You will have full use of all the new leisure club facilities. [+ of]
5. countable noun B2
A use of a word is a particular meaning that it has or a particular way in which it can be used.
There are new uses of words coming in and old uses dying out. [+ of]
6. uncountable noun
Your use of a particular name is the fact of your calling yourself by it.
Police have been hampered by Mr Urquhart's use of bogus names. [+ of]
7. for the use of phrase B1
If something is for the use of a particular person or group of people, it is for that person or group to use.
The leisure facilities are there for the use of guests.
He raises crops mainly for the use of his family.
8. have its uses 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. [informal]
Being a hospital Sister had its uses.
9. in use phrase B2
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.
The system he created is still in use today.
The site has been out of use for many years.
10. make use of phrase B2
If you make use of something, you do something with it in order to do a job or achieve a particular result or effect. [written]
Not all nursery schools make use of the opportunities open to them.
...making use of the same bottle time after time.
11. it's no use/there's no use phrase B2
You use expressions such as it's no use, there's no use, and what's the use to indicate that a particular action will not achieve anything.
It's no use arguing with a drunk. [PHR v-ing]
There's no use you asking me any more questions.
What's the use of complaining?
12. it's no use phrase B2
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.
It's no use. Let's hang up and try for a better line.
13. be of use/be no use phrase B2
If something or someone is of use, they are useful. If they are no use, they are not at all useful.
The contents of this booklet should be of use to all students. [+ to]
I'm sorry, I've been no use to you. [+ to]
Idioms:
use every trick in the book
to do everything you can think of in order to succeed in something
Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step ahead of their competitors.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
no use to man or beast or no good to man or beast
completely useless
Circumstances had compelled him, much against his will, to take no less than six beginners, some of them first-voyagers, of no use to man or beast.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
it's no use crying over spilled milk
said to mean that it is pointless to worry or be upset about something that has happened and cannot be changed
But a rueful Mr Phelps reflected that, for him, `it didn't work, did it? But it's no use crying over spilt milk.'
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Collocations:
camera was used
We're almost there already with adaptive cruise control and lane assist using camera and radar.
The Sun (2014)
A drone with a camera was used to patrol the perimeter of Gatwick airport for suspicious activity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
An operative gamma camera was used during and after the surgery.
Huss Daniel, Andriamisandratsoa Norosoa, Croce Sabrina, Salvador Samuel, Mathelin Carole, Guyonnet Jean-Louis 2007, 'Optimization of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer using an operative gamma camera', World Journal of Surgical Oncology
A thermal camera was used to determine the amount of radiant exitance from a range of residential landscape elements.
Loveday Jane, Loveday Grant, Byrne Josh, Ong Boon-lay, Newman Peter 2017, 'Quantifying radiation from thermal imaging of residential landscape elements★', Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability
classroom use
Edit or simplify purchased copies for classroom use.
Christianity Today
There are strict requirements as to the amount of material that can be copied under the guidelines for classroom use.
Christianity Today
They apply primarily to copying by teachers in not-for-profit educational institutions for their own research or class preparation, and also to limited copying for classroom use.
Christianity Today
The auditorium and a digital cinema classroom use high definition projectors and digital media players.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
Through the years, the building became too small for classroom use and now holds laboratories for departments that are in other buildings.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
constant use
Spanish is in constant use, by 450 million speakers around the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The bike is as it left the factory, although it has been in constant use.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
One Sunday roast and my cooker looks like it has been in constant use for years!
The Sun (2014)
exclusive use
You get exclusive use of the garden, which has well-stocked flower beds, mature trees and shrubs.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
For example, if a musician converts one room in the house into a studio, it would count as exclusive business use.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In return they received a lease giving them exclusive use of the apartment of their choice.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
experiment uses
A marking experiment using alizarin complexone was previously carried out to validate increment deposition.
Belén Aguilera, Ignacio A. Catalán, Isabel Palomera, M. Pilar Olivar 2009, 'Otolith growth of European sea bass (<em>Dicentrarchus labrax</em> L.) larvae fed with constant or varying food levels', Scientia Marina
The experiment used a polarized deuterated butanol target and a circularly polarized photon beam.
A. Käser, M. Dieterle, L. Witthauer, S. Abt, P. Achenbach, P. Adlarson, F. Afzal, Z. Ahmed, J. Ahrens, J.R.M. Annand, H.J. Arends, M. Bashkanov, R. Beck, M. Biroth, N.S. Borisov, A. Braghieri, W.J. Briscoe, F. Cividini, C. Collicott, S. Costanza, A. Denig, E.J. Downie, P. Drexler, A. Fix, S. Garni, D.I. Glazier, I. Gorodnov, W. Gradl, M. Günther, G.M. Gurevich, L. Heijkenskjöld, D. Hornidge, G.M. Huber, V.L. Kashevarov, S. Kay, I. Keshelashvili, R. Kondratiev, M. Korolija, B. Krusche, A.B. Lazarev, V. Lisin, K. Livingston, S. Lutterer, I.J.D. MacGregor, D.M. Manley, P.P. Martel, V. Metag, W. Meyer, R. Miskimen, E. Mornacchi, A. Mushkarenkov, A.B. Neganov, A. Neiser, M. Oberle, M. Ostrick, P.B. Otte, D. Paudyal, P. Pedroni, A. Polonski, S.N. Prakhov, G. Reicherz, G. Ron, T. Rostomyan, A. Sarty, C. Sfienti, V. Sokhoyan, K. Spieker, O. Steffen, I.I. Strakovsky, Th. Strub, I. Supek, A. Thiel, M. Thiel, A. Thomas, M. Unverzagt, Yu.A. Usov, S. Wagner, N.K. Walford, D.P. Watts, D. Werthmüller, J. Wettig, M. Wolfes, L. Zana 2018, 'First measurement of helicity-dependent cross sections in π0η photoproduction from quasi-free nucleons', Physics Letters B
For this purpose, we have designed an experiment using a combined sequence of sulphurisation and selenization steps.
Scheer, R., Morante, J. R., Romano-Rodríguez, A., Pérez-Rodríguez, A., Calvo-Barrio, L., Álvarez-García, J., Barcones, B., Klenk, R., Pietzker, CH. 2004, 'Estudio de la reacción de sulfurización de precursores Cu/In para la formación de capas delgadas policristalinas de CuInS<sub>2</sub> para células solares', Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio
illegal use
The suspect was charged with illegal use and theft of the car in Adelaide, Australia.
The Sun (2009)
At an earlier hearing he pleaded guilty to five other charges including illegal use of pesticides.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Officers are ready to clamp down on illegal use after a surge in sales.
The Sun (2016)
imaginative use
The gardens are famous for their hedges, topiary, fruit trees and the imaginative use of perspective.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It should also be linked to an imaginative use of our aid programme to build up economic opportunities in those countries.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He must win the prize for the least imaginative use of location and air miles.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
improper use
But when he discovers his power to turn fiction into reality, he puts it to improper use, in this visually stunning, family-friendly fantasy.
The Sun (2009)
He pleaded guilty to the charge of improper use of a motor vehicle.
The Sun (2010)
Parents were not made fully aware of the dangers from improper use.
Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
limited use
A shop card has more limited use as it can only be employed for purchases in one shop or chain of shops.
Business Studies Basic Facts (1990)
Both the rear-view and wing mirrors are of slightly limited use.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Money is of only limited use to them.
Christianity Today (2000)
practical use
The equations were complex, and rigorous solutions required too much time to be of practical use.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
The qualification was of no practical use.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It was too vague to be of any practical use.
Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
productive use
They haven't realised that the energy escaping from an uncovered pan can often be put to productive use.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Our ambition is to bring to productive use the whole area along the banks of the Clyde.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In the first place, the money had not been put to productive use.
The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
regular use
London is one of the world's leaders in the field, with contactless payments in regular use on the Tube.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
These days the library is not vast - about 100 volumes, about a quarter of which are in regular use.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
More than two thirds said regular use of technology and social media were detrimental to their handwriting, and a fifth thought it made their spelling worse.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
type used
Whey powder comes in different forms but whey isolate, the type used in many of the latest ' functional' foods, has produced the most positive results.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The wooden base supports a glass platter and a nicely balanced tonearm of a type used by top-end decks.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The particle responsible for contamination— lutetium 177— matched the type used for the deceased’s radiation treatment.
2019 , 'Radioactive Material Transferred by Cancer Patient’s Body Contaminated an Arizona Crematorium', Smithsonian
use a camera
Did he use a camera obscura to burn the image onto the material?
Times, Sunday Times
Other agencies use a camera hoisted up on a big stick.
Times, Sunday Times
In the event, she took a job in the darkroom of a commercial photographer and taught herself to use a camera.
Times, Sunday Times
After recovering from the surgery, they can begin to use the camera mounted on dark glasses.
Times, Sunday Times
How, for example, can he use this camera and drive safely?
Times, Sunday Times
use a code
This can happen if hundreds of people use the code at the same time and it becomes oversubscribed.
Times, Sunday Times
Hospital staff are sometimes less than complimentary about the ill or injured and use a code to bamboozle them.
The Sun
Or use the code inside today's paper for a free one-month trial.
The Sun
Use the code 'babytimes' at the checkout.
Times, Sunday Times
For online orders, use the code 'times2offer'.
Times, Sunday Times
use a concept
Too many people use that concept 'banter' to excuse the articulation of ugly thoughts.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a long time since a footballer leapt like a salmon, because even sportswriters understand the idea of cliché, even if we don't always use the concept as negative guidance.
Times, Sunday Times
Use this concept in every encounter with a prospect.
Globe and Mail
But like the intermeshing rotors, the transverse rotors use the concept for changes in the roll attitude of the rotorcraft.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
The album doesn't use this concept strictly and uses it as more of a jumping off point for similar struggles that people face.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
use a facility
You'll need a credit or debit card to use this facility but you'll know immediately when and where you are holidaying.
The Sun
But with parts of the £375 billion investment-grade corporate bond market shut, businesses are likely to use this facility in far greater numbers.
Times,Sunday Times
We will definitely use that facility again.
ST
The court concluded that the fitness club's waiver agreement was a contract of adhesion, since patrons who declined to sign it would not be permitted to use the facility.
Christianity Today
Perhaps foreign sides could come and use the facility.
Times, Sunday Times
use a name
They should not be easy to guess so do not use your name or that of your cat.
Times, Sunday Times
The team can use the name, but will not be able to block pirated merchandise.
Times, Sunday Times
Not only were we not allowed to use their name, basically we had to paint over the label on the bottle as well.
Times, Sunday Times
That's what happens when you use my name in vain.
The Sun
He sought not to use their name if they were simply taking over an existing event, as opposed to creating a new one.
Times, Sunday Times
use a power
He was happy to use his power so long as it might last.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
You could see how good it would feel to use that power to help someone.
The Sun
The best use that power without letting it get to their heads.
Times, Sunday Times
Do you use that power for the common good, or for a more limited, more self-interested good?
Times, Sunday Times
But commentators claim that left- and right-wingers alike have called on him to use the power of the internet.
Times, Sunday Times
use a resource
Use this resource to train yourself, or use it with the small-group leaders you coach.
Christianity Today
Plus, you'll receive assessments, case studies, activities, and even a retreat plan on how to use this resource at your next leader training event.
Christianity Today
This means that most ministers will be able to use this resource to establish the presumption of reasonableness.
Christianity Today
Use this resource to gain some expert, field-tested guidance for helping your group members become great listeners.
Christianity Today
Use this resource on your own, with a group of leaders, or as the basis for your next training event.
Christianity Today
use a telephone
In my childhood the telephone was used to make urgent arrangements and to convey urgent news, and an unnecessary phone call was considered extravagant.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
If your attempts to make an uninvited personal appearance fail, use the telephone.
Kiam, Victor Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986)
use a variety of
The discussion paper used a variety of studies of trends in social mobility, including the most recent, as the evidential basis for its conclusions.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As different job boards use a variety of formats, recruiters can spend a lot of time writing and rewriting job advertisements for multiple postings.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
As the action began, I used a variety of longer focal lengths to pick out details over the next couple of hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In the present study, we used a variety of microscopy techniques to investigate the fine structure of the hemelytra.
Matthias Mail, Adrian Klein, Horst Bleckmann, Anke Schmitz, Torsten Scherer, Peter T. Rühr, Goran Lovric, Robin Fröhlingsdorf, Stanislav N. Gorb, Wilhelm Barthlott 2018, 'A new bioinspired method for pressure and flow sensing based on the underwater air-retaining surface of the backswimmer Notonecta', Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Experiments were conducted using a variety of greyscale and colour target images, spatial fitness criteria, and procedural texture languages.
Michael Gircys, Brian J. Ross 2019, 'Image Evolution Using 2D Power Spectra', Complexity
use a word
It is hoped he will never use the word 'unclarity' or be a victim of it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But underlying all this foolery -- "Gerhardt used the word deliberately.
David Fraser The Killing Times (Treason in arms) (1986)
`You should never use the word ` choke" in connection with your golf game.
Leeson, Robert THE LAST GENIE (1993)
But, hey, I'm all for intercultural sensitivity, so how about I use the word borrowed.
Elizabeth Lowell JADE ISLAND (2001)
Write what you like, avoiding the libellous, and be sure to use the word ` seminal" no more than once.
Bringle, Mary DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN (2003)
use an advantage
Arsenal should use their advantage on the flanks.
Times, Sunday Times
It should use that advantage by ensuring that monetary policy aims at stability rather than causing a sharp spike in the exchange rate.
Times, Sunday Times
We'll see who can use the advantage more.
The Sun
You will often be better educated than them, so do not use this advantage to make sarcastic remarks.
Times, Sunday Times
use an expression
Why else would we use the expression 'you're mine'?
Times, Sunday Times
Why, oh, why do so many people speaking on television use the expression 'in actual fact'?
Times, Sunday Times
They do not use the expression 'legal high'.
Times, Sunday Times
Some use the expression 'streetwise'.
The Sun
We use that expression the same way.
Christianity Today
use credit
You're sensible about using credit and take budgeting and saving seriously.
Globe and Mail (2003)
This involves anything from taking advantage of discounts and cashback offers to reviewing the way they use credit.
The Sun (2012)
use the information
Team psychologists would use information given to them in confidence to brief against athletes with their coaches.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Unfortunately declarer was frequently able to use the information to his/her advantage...
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They use the information to classify individuals and companies as carrying a high risk to their clients.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He also promises'not to use the information disclosed save for the purposes of pursuing legal remedies '.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
T h e r e w a s a ca v a l i e r approach to using the information that was gleaned.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
used widely
The scans are used widely in Japan at cashpoint machines but appeared only recently in the West.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
These things were initially brought in for deep-sea divers to get over the bends but now they are used widely in medicine and other sports.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Likewise, many of the microchips used widely today were first devised for use in space.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Zinc phosphide has been used widely as a rodenticide.
Erdal Doğan, Abdulmenap Güzel, Taner Çiftçi, İlker Aycan, Feyzi Çelik, Bedri Çetin, Gönül Ölmez Kavak 2014, 'Zinc Phosphide Poisoning', Case Reports in Critical Care
widespread use of
They concluded that the widespread use of the pesticides harmed 'organisms that provide ecosystem services including pollination and natural pest control'.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Despite the widespread use of so-called ' variant' spelling, almost a third (31 per cent) of those questioned said that alternative, non-standard spellings were 'completely unacceptable'.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This led to new building techniques, including the widespread use of brick.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was at the vanguard of Britain's computing industry and pushed for the widespread use of fibre optics over copper wire.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some countries do continue to use subjects but the widespread use of areas elsewhere suggests that they are, as a minimum, worthy of our consideration.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Translations:
Chinese: 使用, 使用
Japanese: 使用, 使用する
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