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  • Conjugation : past  used ; pp  used ; ing  using
  • Derivatives : adj useable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

use [juːs]
  1. 1. noun [u/s] (using) 使用
    the use of artificial drugs
    人造药品使用
  2. 2. noun [c/u] (purpose) 用途
    Metal detectors have many uses.
    金属探测器有很多用途
  3. 3. noun [c] [of word] 用法
    Old uses of some words are dying out.
    一些词的旧用法正逐渐消失
  4. 4. vt. [+object] [ tool] 使用
  5. 5. vt. [+word] [ phrase] 应用
  6. 6. vt. [pej] [+person] 利用
  7. 7. vt. [+supply] (also: use up) 用完
    You've used all the ice cubes.
    你用掉了所有冰块
    to be in use
    正被使用
    to go out of use
    不再使用
    to be of use (to sb)
    (对某人)有用
    to make use of sth
    利用某物
    it's no use
    没用
    it's no use arguing/crying {etc}
    吵/哭{等}是没用
    what's the use!
    什么用呢!
    to be no use (to sb)
    (对某人)毫无用处
    to have a use for sth
    用得着某物
    to have the use of sth
    使用某物
    she used to do it
    过去这么做的
    I didn't use to {or} I used not to worry so much
    过去这么焦虑
    to be used to sth/to doing sth
    习惯于某事/做某事
    to get used to sth/to doing sth
    开始习惯于某事/做某事

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

use [juːz] [juːs]
  1. 1. vt. 用,使用
    He doesn't know how to use a computer.
    不会使用计算机
    I can't use this tool.
    不会使用这种工具
    We only use Spanish at home.
    我在家里只说西班牙语
    Use your head!
    动脑子想想!
  2. 2. vt. 消费享用
    She uses drugs rarely.
    很少吃药。
  3. 3. vt. 消耗耗尽
  4. 4. vt. 利用剥削
    The president's wife used her good connections.
    总统的妻子动用了她广泛的人脉。
    She uses her influential friends to get jobs.
    通过有影响力的朋友谋得了这个差事
  5. 5. vt. 行使运用
  6. 6. vt. 习惯于惯常
    They used to vacation in the Bahamas.
    他们过去经常巴哈马度假
    She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally.
    过去每周都给她妈妈打电话,但现在只是偶尔打电话
    I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall.
    以前我在那家餐馆吃完饭后总是生病
  7. 7. vi. [Slang] 服用,服食
  8. 8. noun [Person Name] 乌泽
  9. 9. n.[u] 使用运用
    He warned against the use of narcotic drugs.
    警告不要使用麻醉药物
  10. 10. n.[c/u] 作用功用用途
    Ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
    芭蕾舞优美,但有何用处呢?
  11. 11. n.[c/u] 特殊用法特殊用途
    He put his knowledge to good use.
    很好运用自己的知识
    Patrons have their uses.
    赞助人自有用处
  12. 12. n.[u] [Economics] 消费消耗
  13. 13. n.[u] [Psychology] 习惯惯常做法
    Long use had hardened him to it.
    长久的习惯已让他能够坚强面对
  14. 14. n.[u] 利用占便宜
  15. 15. n.[u] [Law] 使用权收益权
    We were given the use of his boat.
    我们获准使用他的小船

Collins English-English Dictionary

use
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to put into service or action; employ for a given purpose
    to use a spoon to stir with
  2. 2. vt. to make a practice or habit of employing; exercise
    he uses his brain
  3. 3. vt. to behave towards
    to use a friend well
  4. 4. vt. to behave towards in a particular way for one's own ends
    he uses people
  5. 5. vt. to consume, expend, or exhaust
    the engine uses very little oil
  6. 6. vt. [chiefly US and Canadian] to partake of (alcoholic drink, drugs, etc) or smoke (tobacco, marijuana, etc)
  7. 7. n the act of using or the state of being used
    the carpet wore out through constant use
  8. 8. n the ability, right, or permission to use
  9. 9. n the occasion to use; need
    I have no use for this paper
  10. 10. n an instance or manner of using
  11. 11. n usefulness; advantage
    it is of no use to complain
  12. 12. n custom; practice; habit
    long use has inured him to it
  13. 13. n the purpose for which something is used; end
  14. 14. n [Christianity] a distinctive form of liturgical or ritual observance, esp one that is traditional in a Church or group of Churches
  15. 15. n the enjoyment of property, land, etc, by occupation or by deriving revenue or other benefit from it
  16. 16. n [law] the beneficial enjoyment of property the legal title to which is held by another person as trustee
  17. 17. n an archaic word for trust
  18. 18. n [law] [Philosophy] [logic] [linguistics] the occurrence of an expression in such a context that it performs its own linguistic function rather than being itself referred to. In ``Fido'' refers to Fido, the name Fido is `used' only on the second occurrence, first being mentioned - Compare mention - See also material mode
  19. 19. n See also used to use up
  20. 20. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French user to use, from Latin usus having used, from uti to use

Examples

You could use a bike, walk, or run rather than use a car, bus, or train.
你可以骑自行车、走路或者跑步,但不要乘汽车、公交车或火车。
Did you know that nappies use 30% less wood pulp and so use less trees?
你知道尿布用少于30%的木浆也就是少用木材吗?
Use a riddle to sort the aggregate before use.
使用骨料之前,要用粗筛对骨料进行分类。
to use one's bare hands
赤手空拳
decriminalize the use of marijuana
减轻对使用大麻的处罚
a medicine for external use only
只供外用的药

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