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单词 usage
释义
usage
(jsɪdʒ )
Word forms: usages
1. uncountable noun
Usage is the way in which words are actually used in particular contexts, especially with regard to their meanings.
The word 'undertaker' had long been in common usage.
He was a stickler for the correct usage of English. [+ of]
2. countable noun
A usage is a meaning that a word has or a way in which it can be used.
It's very definitely a usage which has come over to Britain from America.
3. uncountable noun
Usage is the degree to which something is used or the way in which it is used.
Parts of the motor wore out because of constant usage.
If your water usage is very small, it may be worthwhile opting for a meter.
Synonyms: use, operation, employment, running  
Collocations:
common usage
BCE and CE have been in common usage for a long time now.
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The WHO said that names were difficult to change once in common usage.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It was once common usage to say of those who were deceived that their hopes had just been disappointed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
daily usage
She found that the company had allocated what she thought was an undue proportion of daily usage in that quarter to the new higher price.
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The term 'sub-prime', unknown a year ago, has entered daily usage.
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Certainly not for daily usage.
The Sun
Discounted rates for parked car, multi-hour usage and daily usage are also available and applied automatically.
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By doing so everyone can adapt the car to their individual needs or daily usage.
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data usage
Orange said that it had brought in limits such as a 1-per-day cap on mobile internet data usage on its latest price plans.
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The use of voice-call minutes rose by 20 per cent and data usage was up by 30 per cent over the period.
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We can all manage without a kidney, but a week of unintentional data usage?
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Install your network provider's data usage app to keep track of your cellular data usage.
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You get a monthly data usage report, and one for each application or service.
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fuel usage
Relying on alternate airways would mean longer flights and significantly greater fuel usage.
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Firms will receive new funding worth £167million over the next three months, on top of an existing £200million - usually linked to companies' fuel usage.
The Sun
This year they installed a wood burning stove to reduce their fossil fuel usage.
Times, Sunday Times
Each of these factors has a small effect on consumption, but taken together they can certainly subtract 3-4mpg from your overall fuel usage.
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The exact location, fuel usage record and even cornering speeds of individual drivers can be accessed instantly.
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gas usage
I have hardly noticed any change in gas usage.
The Sun
Use the right-sized pan when cooking and the right-sized hob ring to keep gas usage to a minimum.
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They will cheerily overestimate your electricity or gas usage for months, take your money and then tell you that you are 'in credit'.
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The meters will monitor electricity and gas usage in nearly 26million homes by 2020.
The Sun
Eligible customers now have the option of designating 10 per cent of their households natural gas usage as renewable natural gas.
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general usage
These are making their way into general usage.
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Linguists work out the rules of grammar from the evidence of general usage.
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By now, however, it's probably safe to conclude that this older sense of the word has been superseded in general usage.
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They mean what general usage takes them to mean, not what a footballer fondly imagines them to connote.
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It's possible, of course, to make mistakes in grammar or orthography but it's not possible for general usage to be wrong.
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monitor usage
Cameras were fitted to the mountaineering ropes to monitor usage.
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The meters transmit usage readings to suppliers automatically, ending estimated billing, and allow households to monitor usage in real time, encouraging them to use less.
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The microchips monitor usage and report the ink remaining to the printer.
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They issue permits for various forms of use of the marine park, and monitor usage in the park to ensure compliance with park management.
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However, the operator has to monitor usage patterns and scale the network appropriately, to ensure that customers receive adequate service even during peak-usage times.
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restrict usage
The intention was to restrict usage solely to veterinary purposes.
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They called for features to monitor and restrict usage.
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So why the need to restrict usage?
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The lease might also restrict usage.
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Some kit packs will be wholly royalty-free, but some kit makers may restrict usage to non-commercial work only.
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track usage
This app lets you input meter readings, track usage and see whether you're getting the best energy deals.
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The organization can thereby track usage to individuals.
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Due to routing arrangements and track usage agreements, gondola cars and other rolling stock are often used to transport goods on more than one railroad before reaching the end customer.
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If energy companies were really interested in our efficiency, energy meters tracking usage would be installed free of charge in every home.
The Sun
usage pattern
Orange had, belatedly, spotted this most uncharacteristic usage pattern and stopped the calls a couple of weeks before you contacted it.
Times, Sunday Times
Depending on the actual usage pattern the chip will be able to scale up or down, feeding the core with proper voltage.
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Readers said they had not changed their usage patterns, but many had recently upgraded their phones.
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Additionally, several studies have not also utilized oligonucleotide usage patterns to identify the differences across diverse microbial communities.
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Authors also investigated the media environment of young people as well as, usage patterns over the years and across different age groups.
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water usage
Additional loo flushes and other water usage add to the cost.
The Sun
The environmental impact includes unnecessary greenhouse-gas emissions, water usage, land degradation, exacerbation of world hunger and deforestation.
Times, Sunday Times
Many families in three-bedroom houses will have water usage greater than mine.
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But these days we're very conscious of water usage.
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It has also reduced its worldwide water usage in manufacturing processes by 6 per cent per tonne of production.
Times, Sunday Times
widespread usage
He also invented the sky lobby for high rises and helped in initiating the widespread usage of computers for structural engineering.
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And so for a while, it appeared gas lighting would retain its widespread usage.
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Although this approach solved the problems inherent in previous attempts at this technology, it did not gain widespread usage for other films.
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He also noted however that its widespread usage might have led to it becoming a purely decorative device with no real symbolic importance.
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In this sense, mangonel had poorer accuracy than a trebuchet (which was introduced later, shortly before the discovery and widespread usage of gunpowder).
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word usage
The goal of our project was to understand why cultures vary so much in their color word usage.
Smithsonian Mag
These differences come down to different preferences for word usage, as well as some pronunciations.
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There are no significant errors or discrepancies in word usage between the first and following parts.
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Most regional differences come down to word usage.
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The localization in this release remains almost unchanged from the previous release, which contains some errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and word usage.
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Translations:
Chinese: 使用词在特定语境中的
Japanese: 語法
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