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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

用得着 [yòngdezháo]
  1. 1. find something useful; need
    这个材料没准儿会用得着，别扔掉。
    This material may come in useful one day, so don't throw it away.
    这本书你以后会用得着。
  2. 2. there is need to; it is necessary to; it is worthwhile to
    用得着派车去接他们吗?
    Is it necessary to send a car for them?
    用得着那么大呼小叫的吗？

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

用得着 [yòngdezháo]
  1. 1. 能用上;有用
    这件棉大衣天冷时还用得着。
  2. 2. 需要
    一点小事,用得着那么紧张吗?
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Examples

能省的就省，当用的还是得用。
Save what you can, but use what you must. → 当
在野外常可看到狗在用爪子刨坑,把动物骨头埋进去,然后用土盖上。 → 刨
他研制出用一种用电机带动齿轮进行模拟运算的微分分析仪。 → 微分
用惯了我的钢笔，不习惯用他的。 → 用惯
用汇票比用现金方便很多。 → 汇票
用耠子松土比用犁轻便多了。
It's much more convenient to loosen the soil with a hoe than with a plow. → 耠子
过去我们都用呼机, 现在都用手机了。 → 呼机
现代写作都用白话文，几乎没人用文言文了。 → 白话文
厚窗帘用暗色的,薄窗帘用明色的。 → 暗色
一般人都用右手写字,有些人不然,是用左手 → 不然
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Word Decomposition

用
[yòng] 		+ 得
[de] 		+ 着
[zhe]

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