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use AHD[yo͞oz] D.J.[juːz]K.K.[juz]v.（动词）used, us.ing, us.es v.tr.（及物动词）- To put into service or apply for a purpose; employ.用，使用：使用或为某一目的使用；使用，利用
- To avail oneself of; practice:利用；行使，运用：use caution.谨慎小心
- To conduct oneself toward; treat or handle:表现；对待或处理："the peace offering of a man who once used you unkindly"(Laurence Sterne)“善意对待一个曾经待你不友善的人”(劳伦斯·斯特内)
- To seek or achieve an end by means of; exploit:利用：用…的方式追求或取得某种目的；利用：used their highly placed friends to gain access to the president; felt he was being used by seekers of favor.利用他们那些身居高位的朋友来接近总统；感到自己被那些追求恩宠者利用了
- To take or consume; partake of:用或消费；共享：She rarely used alcohol.她很少喝酒
v.intr.（不及物动词）AHD[yo͞os, yo͞ost] - Used in the past tense followed byto in order to indicate a former state, habitual practice, or custom: 用于过去时，后接to （不定式），表示过去的状态，习惯做法或习俗： Mail service used to be faster.过去的邮政服务要快些
n.（名词）AHD[yo͞os] - The act of using; the application or employment of something for a purpose:用，使用：使用；为某种目的而对某物的使用或利用：with the use of a calculator; skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.使用计算器；对弓箭的使用很娴熟
- The condition or fact of being used:使用的状态或事实：a chair in regular use.经常使用的椅子
- The manner of using; usage:使用的方式；用法：learned the proper use of power tools.学会正确使用发电工具
- The permission, privilege, or benefit of using something:使用权；价值：使用许可、使用权利或使用价值：gave us the use of their summerhouse.允许我们使用他们的避暑别墅
- The power or ability to use something:用某物的能力：lost the use of one arm.一只胳膊残废了
- The need or occasion to use or employ:运用能力：使用某物的力量和能力：have no use for these old clothes.再也不会穿这些旧衣服了
- The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end; usefulness:适用，实用：适宜或适合某种目的特征；实用：tried to be of use in the kitchen.设法在厨房里能合用
- A purpose for which something is used:用途：使用某物的目的：a tool with several uses; a pretty bowl, but of what use is it?多用途工具；很漂亮的碗，但又能当什么用呢?
- Gain or advantage; good:收益，好处；益处：There's no use in discussing it. What's the use?多说无益。有何好处?
- Accustomed or usual procedure or practice.习惯，惯例：习惯的或通常的程序或做法
- Law 【法律】
- Enjoyment of property, as by occupying or exercising it.收益权：对财产的享有，如占有它或使用它
- The benefit or profit of lands and tenements of which the legal title and possession are vested in another.收益权：把所有权和占有权委托给他人的土地和住房的收益
- The arrangement establishing the equitable right to such benefits and profits.委任此种收益公平权利的商定
- A liturgical form practiced in a particular church, ecclesiastical district, or community.特定教派、教区或社区实行的礼拜形式
- Obsolete Usual occurrence or experience.【废语】 通常的事件或经验
use up - To consume completely:用光，耗尽：used up all our money.用光了我们所有的钱
- Middle English usen 中古英语 usen
- from Old French user 源自 古法语 user
- from Vulgar Latin *ūsāre 源自 俗拉丁语 *ūsāre
- frequentative of Latin ūtī 拉丁语 ūtī的重复
use, employ, utilize- These verbs mean to avail oneself of someone or something in order to make him, her, or it useful, functional, or beneficial.Touse is to put into service or apply for a purpose: 这些动词的意思是利用某人或某物使之变得有用，能起作用或有益。Use 是指使用或为某一目的使用： uses a hearing aid;使用助听器；used the press secretary as spokesperson for the administration;将新闻秘书作为行政部门的发言人使用；using a stick to stir the paint.用棒来搅漆。
- Employ is often interchangeable withuse : Employ 通常和use 可互用： She employed her education to maximum advantage. Unlikeuse, however, the term can denote engaging or maintaining the services of another or putting another to work: 她大大发挥了她所受教育的优势。 然而不象use ，employ这个词可指利用或坚持他人的服务或使他人工作： "When men are employed, they are best contented" (Benjamin Franklin). “人们在为他人服务时，他们是最满足的” （本杰明·富兰克林）。
- Utilize is especially appropriate in the narrower sense of making something profitable or of finding new and practical uses for it: Utilize 更适合指使某事有利可图或寻找某物新的和实际的用法这种较狭窄的意思： In the 19th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity. See also Synonyms at habit 在19世纪人们大规模使用水力来发电 参见同义词 habit
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