use
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/juːz/
/juːz/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they use | /juːz/ /juːz/ |
| he / she / it uses | /ˈjuːzɪz/ /ˈjuːzɪz/ |
| past simple used | /juːzd/ /juːzd/ |
| past participle used | /juːzd/ /juːzd/ |
| -ing form using | /ˈjuːzɪŋ/ /ˈjuːzɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to do something with a machine, a method, an object, etc. for a particular purpose
使用;利用;运用 - use something Can I use the photocopier?
我可以用复印机吗? - He makes beer using traditional methods.
他用传统方法酿造啤酒。 - The applicator makes the glue easy to use.
涂药器使胶水易于使用。 - Have you ever used this software before?
你以前用过这种软件吗? - The oven looked as if it had never been used.
烤箱看起来好像从未用过。 - How often do you use (= travel by) the bus?
你多长时间坐一次公共汽车? - They were able to achieve a settlement without using military force.
他们没有诉诸武力就解决了问题。 - a little-used path through the wood
人迹罕至的林间小路 - a widely used technique for assessing the strength of metals
广泛用于测算金属强度的技术 - I have some information you may be able to use (= to get an advantage from).
我有些可能对你有用的信息。 - use something for something We used a carrot for the snowman’s nose.
我们用胡萝卜做雪人的鼻子。 - use something for doing something chemicals that are used for cleaning
用于去污的化学品 - use something to do something Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds.
警察用了催泪瓦斯驱散人群。 - This tree bark can be used to make a black dye.
这种树皮可以用来制作黑色染料。 - use something as something The building is currently being used as a warehouse.
这所房子目前用作仓库。 - You can't keep using your bad back as an excuse.
你不能老拿腰疼当托辞呀。 - use something in something The drug is also used in the treatment of cancer.
这种药物也用于治疗癌症。
- Candidates are not allowed to use dictionaries in the exam.
应试者不准在考试时查字典。 - Credit cards, used appropriately, are a great financial tool.
如果使用得当,信用卡是个极好的金融工具。 - Do you habitually use display screen equipment in your job?
你工作中经常使用屏幕显示设备吗? - Manufacturers tend to use disks made in the US.
制造商都喜欢用美国生产的磁盘。 - The church is sometimes used as a concert venue.
这个教堂有时用作音乐会场地。 - The tennis court is sometimes used as a car park.
这个网球场有时用作停车场。 - These garden shears are lightweight and easy to use.
这些园艺剪刀又轻又好用。 - a technique that is pimarily used in eye surgery
主要用于眼部手术的技术 - an etching technique used exclusively by Picasso
只有毕加索才使用的蚀刻技法 - Don't keep asking me what to do—just use your common sense!
别老是问我该做什么,你也凭常识想想! - You should learn to use your time more efficiently.
你应该学会更有效地利用时间。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- appropriately
- correctly
- properly
- …
- be easy to
- be simple to
- be difficult to
- …
- as
- for
- permission to use something
- use something Can I use the photocopier?
- [transitive] use something to take a particular amount of a liquid, substance, etc. in order to achieve or make something
消耗 - This type of heater uses a lot of electricity.
这种加热器耗电量很大。 - I hope you haven't used all the milk.
希望你没有把牛奶都用掉了。 - This paint is very expensive, so please use it sparingly.
这种涂料很贵,请省着点儿用。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- appropriately
- correctly
- properly
- …
- be easy to
- be simple to
- be difficult to
- …
- as
- for
- permission to use something
- This type of heater uses a lot of electricity.
- [transitive] to say or write particular words or a particular type of language
说,写,使用(词语或语言) - use something The poem uses simple language.
这首诗用语简单。 - That's a word I never use.
那是我从来不用的字眼。 - You have to use the past tense.
要使用过去时。 - ‘Ethics’ and ‘morality’ are often used interchangeably.
ethics 与 morality 这两个词经常换用。 - use something to do something ‘Pop art’ is a term used to describe a movement that began in the 1950s.
“波普艺术”是一个用来描述始于20世纪50年代的运动的术语。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- appropriately
- correctly
- properly
- …
- be easy to
- be simple to
- be difficult to
- …
- as
- for
- permission to use something
- use something The poem uses simple language.
- [transitive] use somebody (disapproving) to be kind, friendly, etc. to somebody with the intention of getting an advantage for yourself from them
synonym exploit(施展手段)利用(别人) - Can't you see he's just using you for his own ends?
你难道看不出他在利用你谋求私利吗? - I felt used.
我觉得被人利用了。
- Can't you see he's just using you for his own ends?
- [transitive, intransitive] use (something) to take illegal drugs
吸(毒);服用(毒品) - Most of the inmates have used drugs at some point in their lives.
大多数囚犯都在人生的某个阶段服用过毒品。 - (slang) She's been using since she was 13.
她从 13 岁起就吸毒。 - the factors that make people likely to use heroin
使人们更易于吸食海洛因的因素
- Most of the inmates have used drugs at some point in their lives.
词源Middle English: the noun from Old French us, from Latin usus, from uti ‘to use’; the verb from Old French user, based on Latin uti.
Idioms
I, you, etc. could use something
- (informal) used to say that you would like to have something very much
恨不得;巴不得;非常想 - I think we could all use a drink after that!
我想我们在事情办完之后都得痛快地喝一杯!
- I think we could all use a drink after that!
use your head
(British English also use your loaf)
- (informal) used to tell somebody to think about something, especially when they have asked for your opinion or said something stupid
你动动脑子;你仔细想想 - ‘Why don't you want to see him again?’ ‘Oh, use your head!’
“你为什么不愿再见到他?” “唔,你好好想想吧!”
- ‘Why don't you want to see him again?’ ‘Oh, use your head!’