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Related topics: Linguistics, Drug culture
use1 /juːz/ ●●● S1 W1 verb
1  USE somethinguse STH 使用某物 [transitiveT] if you use a particular tool, method, service, ability etc, you do something with that tool, by means of that method etc, for a particular purpose 用，使用；應用
Can I use your phone?
我可以用一下你的電話嗎？
I’ll show you which room you can use.
我來跟你說一下你可以用哪個房間。
I always use the same shampoo.
我一直用同一種洗發水。
Use your imagination when planning meals.
安排三餐時要動點腦筋。
She booked the flight using a false name.
她用化名預訂了航班。
easy/difficult/simple etc to use
Drop-down menus make the program very easy to use.
下拉式菜單使得這個程序使用起來非常簡便。
use something for (doing) something
They were using animals for scientific experiments.
他們用動物做科學實驗。
Bob uses the van for picking up groceries.
鮑勃用小型貨車運送食品雜貨。
use something as something
My parents use the house as a holiday home.
我父母把這房子用作度假屋。
use something to do something
Most people now use their cars to go shopping.
現在大多數人開車去購物。
use force (=use violent methods) 使用暴力
2  amount of STH 某物的數量 [transitiveT]USE/CONSUME to take an amount of something from a supply of food, gas, money etc 使用，耗費，消耗〔食物、煤氣、金錢等〕
We use about £40 worth of electricity a month.
我們每月的電費大約40英鎊。
Standard washing machines use about 40 gallons of water.
一般的洗衣機大約用40加侖的水。
3  treat SB unfairly 不公正地對待某人 [transitiveT]USE A PERSON to make someone do something for you in order to get something you want 利用〔某人〕
Can’t you see that Howard is just using you?
你看不出霍華德只是在利用你嗎？
Gerald had been using her for his own ends.
傑拉爾德一直在利用她來達到自己的目的。
4  an advantage 優勢 [transitiveT]USE something to take advantage of a situation 利用〔優勢〕
use something to do something
She used her position as manager to get jobs for her friends.
她利用自己的經理職位爲朋友謀職。
5  could use something spokenWANT if you say you could use something, you mean you would really like to have it 真想要某物
I could use a drink.
我真想喝一杯。
6  word 詞語 [transitiveT]SL to say or write a particular word or phrase 應用；說；寫
We use the word ‘hardware’ to describe the actual machine.
我們使用“硬件”這個詞來指機器本身。
Don’t use bad language.
别說髒話粗話。
7. drugs 毒品 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]MDDADDICTED to regularly take illegal drugs 吸食〔毒品〕 → used to
8 use something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v to use all of something 用完，用光
She’s used up all the hot water.
她把熱水都用完了。
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use up• I tried to do a tree too but the shaving foam went phut and I realized I'd used it all up.• We had to go downstairs to the toilet, and in the winter the water used to freeze up.• We help women choose and use make- up.• That is to say, once we have used them all up and thrown them away, there won't be any more - ever.• Then you get used to climbing up anywhere you want.• Knowledge memorized as a list of facts is of little practical use unless backed up by activities that put it to work.• Or the settlor could direct that in a certain event a new use should spring up in D's favour.• Public libraries frequently have computers that people can use to brush up on their skills.
 THESAURUS
use to use something for a particular purpose 使用
Do you mind if I use your phone?
我用一下你的電話，你不介意吧？
They rebuilt the church using local stone.
他們用當地石料重建了那座教堂。
We use a range of different methods.
我們要用一系列不同方法。
make use of something to use something that is available to you 利用〔可獲得的〕某物
Staff can make use of a wide range of facilities.
員工可使用各種各樣的設施。
She made full use of her contacts within the organization.
她充分利用了她在機構中的人脈。
employ formal to use a particular method or skill in order to achieve something 運用〔某種方法或技能以達到某目的〕
The surgeons employed a new technique.
外科醫生們使用了一種新技術。
They employed every means at their disposal (=every available method).
他們用盡了一切能用的方法。
utilize formal to use something that is available to you, for a practical purpose 利用〔可獲得的某物達到某一目的〕
The company has developed a new way to utilize solar energy.
公司開發了一種利用太陽能的新方法。
a better way of utilizing the space
更好利用空間的方法
exploit to use something as fully and effectively as possible, or to use something that will give you an advantage over your opponent 充分利用
The country’s natural resources have not yet been fully exploited.
該國的自然資源未被充分利用。
He was quick to exploit any weakness in his opponent’s argument.
他能很快地利用對手論點中的弱點。
apply to use something such as a method, idea, or system in a particular situation 應用〔方法、觀點或系統等〕
New technology is being applied to almost every industrial process.
幾乎每一道工序都應用了新技術。
I wanted to apply the things that I had learned on the course.
我想運用之前在課程中學到的東西。
draw on something to use information, knowledge, or experience that you have learned in the past 運用〔以前獲得的信息、知識或經驗〕
He was able to draw on his own experience as a diplomat when he was writing the book.
他寫這本書的時候用上了自己當外交官的經歷。
nJournalists draw on information from many different sources.
resort to something to use violence, force, threats etc as a way of achieving something 采取，訴諸〔暴力、武力、威脅等〕
nExtremists on both sides resort to violence.
We are prepared to resort to force if necessary.
我們已做好準備，必要時動用武力。
nto use your power or your rights
exercise formal to use your rights, authority, influence etc
Only 40% of the population exercised their right to vote.
Congress must decide whether to exercise its veto.
wield /wiːld/ formal to use great power or influence
The central banks wield enormous power.
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use• First, the wrong caulking had been used.• Are we allowed to use a dictionary in the test?• She lets herself be used and then dropped by almost every man she meets.• I try not to use bad language around the kids.• Morgan stopped using drugs and alcohol six years ago when he entered a long-term treatment program.• She first started using drugs when she was thirteen.• Planning is essential to make sure that resources are used effectively.• Carla often doesn't use good judgment in selecting boyfriends.• Martens uses her stage name when she travels.• Most scholars would agree that Mark came first and the other two used him in writing their accounts.• In his political life, he was not above using his families for his own ends.• Charles was able to use his family connection for his own personal advancement.• We shall use his perceived activities as an excuse for not growing up.• The drug smugglers used innocent travellers to carry the drugs through customs.• Every other machine in Harley's range uses its trusted formula of a 45 V-twin in a steel backbone frame.• This can be on-line or off-line recognition of hand-printed characters, or of machine-printed characters using optical character recognition.• A spectrograph uses optical elements called gratings or prisms to separate the light gathered by a telescope into its component colors.• The average Westerner uses over 260 lbs of paper every year.• Right-wing activists used people's fears of unemployment as a way of stirring up extremism.• Researchers often use questionnaires in their work.• Silly me, I have begun to conjure up an image of Newt Gingrich as a man more used than using.• Now that we have a car we very rarely use the buses.• The experts were asked to use the four-point system commonly used in schools.• How often do you use the library?• Can't you see Tad's just using you?• I can't tell you what to do - you must use your own discretion.• Can I use your pen?• Do you mind if I use your phone?
use force• The police have recently had to defend their policy of using force against rioters.• The regime was quite willing to use force and terror against its enemies.• Despite Boss's success, Keith used the Quaker decision to use force as a new argument against the majority.• He was quite prepared to use force if that was necessary.• Gallagher had promised to use force if the students closed down the campus, but now he wavered.• This has the apparently anomalous result that both the policeman and the defendant are using force lawfully.• Crackdown on problem children Social workers have been given new powers to use force to control troublesome youngsters in care.• The law permits every citizen to use reasonable force to defend themselves or their property.• He remains prepared to use force to do that.• Truman did not threaten to use force to impose his views.• He knew from their previous struggle he would have to use force to subdue her.
use ... language• Prince Charles yesterday parodied Hamlet to illustrate how literature could be destroyed by bad use of language.• She could understand the books quite well, she considered, but the papers seemed to use a different language.• The loss of Lardie Moonlight Tribal people are sometimes thought to use primitive languages.• Decide from the very beginning that your aim is to use the target language as much as possible in the sessions.• Hilton's use of language in Scale 2 is more creative than in Scale 1.• Even officers used the language of the gutter.• I used the language of the speculator.• We use language to talk about the meanings of linguistic expressions as well as about things that are not meanings.
Related topics: Linguistics
use2 /juːs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
1  [singular, uncountableU]USE something the action or fact of using something 使用，用
an exit for use in emergencies
緊急出口
use of
the increasing use of computers in education
電腦在教育領域中越來越多的使用
2  [countableC]USE something a purpose for which something can be used 用途，用處
Robots have many different uses in modern industry.
機器人在現代工業中有多種不同用途。
have/find a use for something
The cupboard is full of things I can never find a use for.
櫃子裏放滿了我可能永遠也用不上的東西。
3  make use of something USE somethingto use something that is available in order to achieve something or get an advantage for yourself 利用某物，使用某物
We will make use of her vast experience.
我們將利用她豐富的經驗。
There is an answering machine for you to make use of.
有一個電話答錄機你可以用。
Try to make good use of your time.
盡量充分利用時間。
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make good use of• Blier also makes good use of some provocative Barry White songs, and the leads are excellent.• Farmers can make good use of some land while other areas nearby are less attractive, or even repel them.• And that the Department could make better use of the great store of experience within the teaching profession during the consultation process.• The large 12in x 10.5in format makes good use of Schlegelmilch's high-quality colour photography.• Gallegos said the region has made good use of that money.• He made good use of every piece of newspaper that he could pick up and every convenient hedgerow!• We need to keep them within the national health service work force and to make better use of their additional skills.• I think Cohen, as a politician, will make better use of the media.
4  put something to (good) use USE somethingto use something such as knowledge or skills for a particular purpose (好好)利用某事物
a job where her management skills can be put to good use
可以充分施展她管理才能的工作
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put something to (good) use• But I am putting it to use.• Many large and medium size companies, government departments and Local authorities are putting Dataease to use somewhere within their organisations.• I'd like a job where I could put my degree in languages to good use.• Much of ecology is about this process: finding energy; putting it to use.• The time has come to put your skills to use by developing a more useful and complex object orientated program.• The trouble is we never stop long enough to put them to good use.• Throughout the 1980s, researchers and company executives struggled with how to put Al to use.• It does not seem regressive to put it to use in the service of gay survival as well.• How do you put it to use in daily practice?
5  the use of something USE somethingthe ability or right to use something 運用某事物的能力；某物的使用權
Joe’s given me the use of his office till he gets back.
喬讓我使用他的辦公室直到他回來。
He lost the use of both legs as a result of the accident.
因爲這場事故，他的雙腿失去了行動能力。
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the use of something• Indeed the Bains Report advocated the use of programme teams which cut across the traditional departmental structure of local government.• Other seminars concentrated on media skills such as poster-making, writing, drama, audio cassette production and the use of newsletters.• It is usually a matter of variations in the use of material, usually of the series itself.• One of the greatest hazards for today's free-roaming feline is the use of rodent poisons.• The descriptions above have been based on estimating and planning the use of time on the project.• The rules do not prevent the use of extrinsic evidence in interpreting genuine ambiguities in the words of the contract.• And if Angel did not want to become a priest, what was the use of sending him to study at Cambridge?
6  be (of) no use (to somebody) USELESSto be completely useless (對某人)沒用處
You needed blankets to keep warm because the heating was no use.
暖氣壞了，所以你需要蓋上毯子保暖。
Take this – it’s of no use to me anymore.
拿着這個，我再也用不着它了。
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be (of) no use (to somebody)• But a sleek sailing boat that spends all its time in harbour is no use to anyone.• She knew that it was no use offering to make it: it would only make Bella angry.• It is of no use to put forward a partial plan for the revitalization of our education.• It was of no use if they received the sacrament of Matrimony and did not live as Christians.• But these models are no use to Clinton.• But there was no use brooding on it: the full story would never be known now.• But all this was of no use to Bowman.• Photographic film cameras on satellites would be of no use until the means of recovering film capsules from orbit could be developed.
7  it’s no use doing something spokenPOINTLESS used to tell someone not to do something because it will have no effect 做某事沒用
It’s no use complaining.
抱怨沒有用。
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it’s no use doing something• It's no use complaining - you just need to take the test again later.• But it's no use running away from it.• He says it's no use having a ban if it can't be enforced.• I've telephoned everyone I can think of, but it's no use.• I can buy the best legal brains in the business, so it's no use your fighting.• I said to him, Listen, George, it's no use living in the past.• No, it's no use protesting!• On the open road, it's no use pretending that the Bentley handles with the agility of a Porsche.
8  it’s no use! spokenPOINTLESS used to say that you are going to stop doing something because you do not think it will be successful 白搭！不行！〔用於表示因認爲不會成功而要停止做某事〕
Oh, it’s no use! I can’t fix it.
噢，不行！我修不好它。
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it’s no use!• Oh, it's no use! I can't fix it.
9  what’s the use (of something) spokenPOINTLESS used to say that something seems to be a waste of time (做某事)有什麽意義，(做某事)有什麽用〔用於表示做某事似乎是浪費時間〕
What’s the use of decorating the house if we are going to sell it?
我們既然要賣房子了，裝修又有什麽意義？
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what’s the use (of something)• My granda is dying there and what's the use?• And what's the use of being on observation when you can't observe anything?• You're a bloody animal, Cullam, without an animal's ... Oh! what's the use?
10  be in use USE somethinga machine, place etc that is in use is being used 〔機器、場所等〕在使用中
Electric vehicles built in 1920 were still in use in the 1950s.
1920年制造的電車在 50 年代仍在使用。
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be in use• The actual strength of each type very rarely reflected this establishment - at one stage no less than forty B.2s were in use!• They want to know whether the new umbrella qualification could be in use as early as 2001.• Once a suitable disinfectant is in use resistance will not occur if it is used correctly.• Cut-Through Lane was in use as a tank testing ground by the Ordnance Depot at Chilwell and everything was on wartime footing.• All of the washing machines are in use.• The mine was in use for 60 years, but played out and shut down in 1943.• All the photocopiers are in use. Could you come back later?• The meeting room is in use at the moment, so we'll have to go somewhere else.• With the advent of the new national curriculum, these materials should be in use in every science classroom.• But how were they to know the code they were writing in 1975 would still be in use 25 years later?• A number of other variations are in use.
11  for the use of somebody PROVIDEprovided for a particular person or group of people to use 供某人使用
a bar for the use of the guests
供客人使用的酒吧
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for the use of somebody• In any case, I returned to my notes, hereto appended for the use of the reader.• We believe that these results have important consequences for the use of d 3C A as a probe for studying DNA-protein interactions.• It is now demanding damages for the use of seeds that they swear they never sowed.• The board room is for the use of company executives only.• I could find no pattern for the use of verse and prose in Los amantes de Teruel.• Here, too, to qualify for reimbursements for the use of listed property four elements must be substantiated: 1.• We are left with a picture of general support for the use of signing.• Chemistry in Britain thanks Tripos for the use of the illustration on the cover of this Supplement.
12  be of use (to somebody/something) USEFULto be useful (對某人/某物)有用
He was charged with having information likely to be of use to terrorists.
他被控掌握着對恐怖分子可能有用的信息。
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be of use (to somebody/something)• As for myself, I was feeling a mounting confidence in my capabilities - I was of use.• However, your suggestion will be kept on file and may be of use should circumstances change in the future.• Every instrument that could possibly be of use to the mission found its way on board.• They all wanted to be of use, to serve!• I wanted to be of use to some one.• Let me see if I can fashion a parable that will be of use to a politician.• Any diagnostic system that is quicker and cheaper than the present system would be of use.
13  come into use  (also bring something into use)USE somethingUSE STH# to start being used, or to start using something 開始使用(某物)
Computers first came into use in the early 1950s.
計算機最早於 20 世紀 50 年代初開始使用。
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come into use• Tanning beds came into use around 1979.• Doubtless, this instability will continue as more sophisticated techniques of diagnosis come into use by the medical profession.• There were many different drugs coming into use.• Doors were fitted and it came into use on 7 September.• It came into use around the turn of the century.• The scourge of firedamp explosions caused by the miners' lights should have dwindled to nothing after the lamp came into use.• Various kinds of minuscule came into use, such as the humanistic and the Carolingian.• The new register comes into use the following February.
14  go/be out of use USE STH#a machine, place etc that goes out of use or is out of use is not being used 〔機器、場所等〕廢棄不用，不再使用
Some 4,000 railway stations have gone out of use since the 1960s.
自 20 世紀 60 年代以來大約有 4,000 座火車站已經廢棄不用。
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go/be out of use• The guns are out of use and that is what matters.
15  have no use for somebody/something NEED#to have no respect for someone or something 厭惡某人/某事物，不喜歡某人/某事物
She has no use for people who are always complaining.
她討厭老是抱怨的人。
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have no use for somebody/something• My company has no use for workers who are not motivated.• I have no use for second-hand books and unfashionable clothes and bits of ornament.• For example, the business may be sold to some one else who decides they have no use for the present management.• Am I right in assuming that you have no use for it?
16  something/somebody has their uses spokenUSEFUL used, often humorously, to say that something or someone can sometimes be useful, even though it may not seem that way 某事物/某人自有其用處〔常爲幽默用法〕
Being stubborn can have its uses.
固執也有固執的好處。
17. [countableC]SL one of the meanings of a word, or the way that a particular word is used 〔某個詞的〕(一項)詞義，用法
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
widespread/extensive use (=when something is used in many places or situations, or among many people)
The widespread use of computers changed business completely.
efficient use
Doing the work in stages makes the most efficient use of resources.
effective use
We need to consider whether there could be a more effective use of our time.
heavy/frequent use (=when something is used a lot)
The heavy use of pesticides in the area led to severe health problems.
regular use
These drugs are not recommended for regular use.
greater use
We want to encourage employees to make greater use of the sports facilities.
land use
Our department is responsible for establishing the guidelines for land use in the county.
drug/alcohol use
Drug use among teenage boys is on the increase.
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use• Herring, 55, is a former drug user who started the foundation in San Jose in 1980.• It appears that chronic caffeine use may cause up-regulation or down-regulation of other neurotransmitter systems as well.• Technology developed for the space program have civilian uses as well.• Robots have many different uses in modern industry.• It's main use is as a cleaning agent for metals.• A pastry brush has a variety of uses in the kitchen.• It leads to a crime: Some one is murdering claimants and putting their insurance money to private use.• The land has been developed for tourism and other recreational uses.• There have been complaints about the use of excessive force by the police.• He had no expectations or intentions that they would ever become constantly updated guidebooks for the use of millions.• There has been a decline in the use of the subway system over recent years.• And the lowest of low points was the use of five captains in seven Tests in 1988-89.• One in 12 people who took part in the survey was without the use of their machine for over a fortnight.• the use of animals in scientific experiments• The ramifications of the wrong use of imagination have to be fully realized before we can hope to control it.
use of• Increased use of fertilizers has led to water pollution.• The military has agreed to allow public use of the land.• He lost the use of both legs as a result of the accident.• Joe's given me the use of his office till he gets back.
have/find a use for something• Obviously, Amphi planned to buy the land and find a use for it later.• Then they'd have a use for their bunkers.• I use the same archetypes storytellers have used for centuries.• Mr Macdonald claims the orders will deny traditional fishermen access to areas they have used for generations.• More than a decade after DuPont first came up with Biomax, it has yet to find a use for it.• In which case he will have use for that thick skin very soon.• But out on the court, the big women find a use for these bodies that challenge what society deems feminine.
Origin use1
(1200-1300) Old French user, from Latin usus, past participle of uti “to use”
 use2
(1200-1300) Old French us, from Latin usus; → USE1

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