| 释义 |
Verb: use yooz- Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
"use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
- utilize, utilise [Brit], apply, employ - Take or consume (regularly or habitually)
"She uses drugs rarely"
- habituate - Use up, consume fully
- expend - Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
"She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections" - Avail oneself to
"use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"
- practice [N. Amer], apply, practise [Brit, Cdn] - Habitually do something (use only in the past tense)
"She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"
Noun: use yoos- The act of using
"he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"
- usage, utilization, utilisation [Brit], employment, exercise - What something is used for
"ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
- function, purpose, role - A particular service
"he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses" - (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- consumption, economic consumption, usance, use of goods and services - (psychology) an automatic pattern of behaviour in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
"long use had hardened him to it"
- habit - Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- manipulation - (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
"we were given the use of his boat"
- enjoyment
Sounds like: youse, yews, ewes Derived forms: using, uses See also: functional, nonfunctional, usance, use up, useable, user, using Type of: act, activity, consume, custom, demand, exploit, have, influence, ingest, legal right, move, take, take in, usage, usance, usefulness, utility, work Encyclopedia: Use |