| 单词 | disuse |
| 释义 | disuse (once / 2007 pages) n Use the noun disuse to describe a condition of not being used. After years of disuse, you won't be surprised when your dad's motorcycle doesn't start. The word disuse implies at least a bit of neglect, and it can also mean that something has become obsolete or old-fashioned: "Typewriters fell into disuse after personal computers became available." You'll often find the word used in the graceful phrase "fall into disuse." The word comes from a Latin root, dis, which means "lack of," added to the word use, and it's been around since about 1400. WORD FAMILYdisuse: disused, disuses+/misuse: misused, misuses, misusing/overuse: overused, overuses, overusing/reuse: reusable, reused, reuses, reusing/usable: unusable, usability, usableness/usage: ill-usage, usages/usance: usances/use: disuse, ill-use, misuse, overuse, reuse, usable, usage, usance, useable, used, useed, useful, useless, user, uses, using/useable: unuseable, useableness/used: ill-used, unused, useder/useful: usefuler, usefulest, usefully, usefulness/usefully: usefullys/usefulness: unusefulness, usefulnesss/useless: uselesser, uselessest, uselessly, uselessness/user: users/using: usings USAGE EXAMPLESThe primary reason for this disuse is simple: Few presidents are willing to disapprove of rules imposed by their own administrations. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) So it falls to Obama in the dying days of his presidency to decide whether or not to dismantle the disused shell of the program. The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016) One afternoon, Burtynsky decided to photograph two disused oil rigs off Lagos Island. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) n the state of something that has been unused and neglected Syn|Hypo|Hyper neglect omission something that has been omitted declination, decline a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state |
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