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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++use1 /juːz/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 1 USE somethinguse STH 使用某物 [transitive] 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；应用 Can I use your phone? 我可以用一下你的电话吗？ I’ll show you which room you can use. 我来跟你说一下你可以用哪个房间。 I always use the same shampoo. 我一直用同一种洗发水。 Use your imagination when planning meals. 安排三餐时要动点脑筋。 She booked the flight using a false name. 她用化名预订了航班。easy/difficult/simple etc to use Drop-down menus make the program very easy to use. 下拉式菜单使得这个程序使用起来非常简便。use something for (doing) something They were using animals for scientific experiments. 他们用动物做科学实验。 Bob uses the van for picking up groceries. 鲍勃用小型货车运送食品杂货。use something as something My parents use the house as a holiday home. 我父母把这房子用作度假屋。use something to do something Most people now use their cars to go shopping. 现在大多数人开车去购物。use force (=use violent methods) 使用暴力2 amount of STH 某物的数量 [transitive]USE/CONSUME to take an amount of something from a supply of food, gas, money etc 使用，耗费，消耗〔食物、煤气、金钱等〕 We use about £40 worth of electricity a month. 我们每月的电费大约40英镑。 Standard washing machines use about 40 gallons of water. 一般的洗衣机大约用40加仑的水。3 treat SB unfairly 不公正地对待某人 [transitive]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? 你看不出霍华德只是在利用你吗？ Gerald had been using her for his own ends. 杰拉尔德一直在利用她来达到自己的目的。4 an advantage 优势 [transitive]USE something to take advantage of a situation 利用〔优势〕use something to do something She used her position as manager to get jobs for her friends. 她利用自己的经理职位为朋友谋职。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 词语 [transitive]SL to say or write a particular word or phrase 应用；说；写 We use the word ‘hardware’ to describe the actual machine. 我们使用“硬件”这个词来指机器本身。 Don’t use bad language. 别说脏话粗话。7. drugs 毒品 [intransitive, transitive]MDDADDICTED to regularly take illegal drugs 吸食〔毒品〕 → used to8 use something ↔ up phrasal verb to use all of something 用完，用光 She’s used up all the hot water. 她把热水都用完了。 THESAURUSuse to use something for a particular purpose 使用Do you mind if I use your phone? 我用一下你的电话，你不介意吧？They rebuilt the church using local stone. 他们用当地石料重建了那座教堂。We use a range of different methods. 我们要用一系列不同方法。make use of something to use something that is available to you 利用〔可获得的〕某物Staff can make use of a wide range of facilities. 员工可使用各种各样的设施。She made full use of her contacts within the organization. 她充分利用了她在机构中的人脉。employ formal to use a particular method or skill in order to achieve something 运用〔某种方法或技能以达到某目的〕The surgeons employed a new technique. 外科医生们使用了一种新技术。They employed every means at their disposal (=every available method). 他们用尽了一切能用的方法。utilize formal to use something that is available to you, for a practical purpose 利用〔可获得的某物达到某一目的〕The company has developed a new way to utilize solar energy. 公司开发了一种利用太阳能的新方法。a better way of utilizing the space 更好利用空间的方法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. 该国的自然资源未被充分利用。He was quick to exploit any weakness in his opponent’s argument. 他能很快地利用对手论点中的弱点。apply to use something such as a method, idea, or system in a particular situation 应用〔方法、观点或系统等〕New technology is being applied to almost every industrial process. 几乎每一道工序都应用了新技术。I wanted to apply the things that I had learned on the course. 我想运用之前在课程中学到的东西。draw on something to use information, knowledge, or experience that you have learned in the past 运用〔以前获得的信息、知识或经验〕He was able to draw on his own experience as a diplomat when he was writing the book. 他写这本书的时候用上了自己当外交官的经历。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，诉诸〔暴力、武力、威胁等〕nExtremists on both sides resort to violence. We are prepared to resort to force if necessary. 我们已做好准备，必要时动用武力。nto use your power or your rightsexercise formal to use your rights, authority, influence etcOnly 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 influenceThe central banks wield enormous power.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
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.use2 /juːs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 [singular, uncountable]USE something the action or fact of using something 使用，用2 [countable]USE something a purpose for which something can be used 用途，用处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5 the use of something USE somethingthe ability or right to use something 运用某事物的能力；某物的使用权6 be (of) no use (to somebody) USELESSto be completely useless (对某人)没用处7 it’s no use doing something spokenPOINTLESS used to tell someone not to do something because it will have no effect 做某事没用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！〔用于表示因认为不会成功而要停止做某事〕9 what’s the use (of something) spokenPOINTLESS used to say that something seems to be a waste of time (做某事)有什么意义，(做某事)有什么用〔用于表示做某事似乎是浪费时间〕10 be in use USE somethinga machine, place etc that is in use is being used 〔机器、场所等〕在使用中11 for the use of somebody PROVIDEprovided for a particular person or group of people to use 供某人使用12 be of use (to somebody/something) USEFULto be useful (对某人/某物)有用13 come into use (also bring something into use)USE somethingUSE STH# to start being used, or to start using something 开始使用(某物)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 〔机器、场所等〕废弃不用，不再使用15 have no use for somebody/something NEED#to have no respect for someone or something 厌恶某人/某事物，不喜欢某人/某事物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/某人自有其用处〔常为幽默用法〕17. [countable]SL one of the meanings of a word, or the way that a particular word is used 〔某个词的〕(一项)词义，用法n COLLOCATIONSadjectiveswidespread/extensive use (=when something is used in many places or situations, or among many people)The widespread use of computers changed business completely.efficient useDoing the work in stages makes the most efficient use of resources.effective useWe 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 useThese drugs are not recommended for regular use.greater useWe want to encourage employees to make greater use of the sports facilities.land useOur department is responsible for establishing the guidelines for land use in the county.drug/alcohol useDrug use among teenage boys is on the increase.Examples from the Corpus
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; → USE1use1 verb →THESAURUS1use2 noun →10-17
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use1 S1 W1 /juːz/ 
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Can I use your phone?
I’ll show you which room you can use.
I always use the same shampoo.
Use your imagination when planning meals.
She booked the flight using a false name.
easy/difficult/simple etc to use
Drop-down menus make the program very easy to use.
use something for (doing) something
They were using animals for scientific experiments.
Bob uses the van for picking up groceries.
use something as something
My parents use the house as a holiday home.
use something to do something
Most people now use their cars to go shopping.
use force (=use violent methods)
2. AMOUNT OF SOMETHING [transitive] to take an amount of something from a supply of food, gas, money etc:
We use about £40 worth of electricity a month.
Standard washing machines use about 40 gallons of water.
3. TREAT SOMEBODY UNFAIRLY [transitive] to make someone do something for you in order to get something you want:
Can’t you see that Howard is just using you?
Gerald had been using her for his own ends.
4. AN ADVANTAGE [transitive] to take advantage of a situation
use something to do something
She used her position as manager to get jobs for her friends.
5. could use something spoken if you say you could use something, you mean you would really like to have it:
I could use a drink.
6. WORD [transitive] to say or write a particular word or phrase:
We use the word ‘hardware’ to describe the actual machine.
Don’t use bad language.
7. DRUGS [intransitive and transitive] to regularly take illegal drugs ⇨ used to
▪ use : Do you mind if I use your phone? | They rebuilt the church using local stone. | We use a range of different methods.
▪make use of something to use something that is available to you: Staff can make use of a wide range of facilities. | She made full use of her contacts within the organization.
▪employ formal to use a particular method or skill in order to achieve something: The surgeons employed a new technique. | They employed every means at their disposal (=every available method).
▪utilize formal to use something that is available to you, for a practical purpose: The company has developed a new way to utilize solar energy. | a better way of utilizing the space
▪exploit to use something as fully and effectively as possible, or to use something that will give you an advantage over your opponent: The country’s natural resources have not yet been fully exploited. | He was quick to exploit any weakness in his opponent’s argument.
▪apply to use something such as a method, idea, or system in a particular situation: New technology is being applied to almost every industrial process. | I wanted to apply the things that I had learned on the course.
▪draw on something to use information, knowledge, or experience that you have learned in the past: He was able to draw on his own experience as a diplomat when he was writing the book. | Journalists draw on information from many different sources.
▪resort to something to use violence, force, threats etc as a way of achieving something: Extremists on both sides resort to violence. | We are prepared to resort to force if necessary.
■ to use your power or your rights
▪exercise formal to use your rights, authority, influence etc: Only 40% of the poulation 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.
use something ↔ up phrasal verb
to use all of something:
She’s used up all the hot water.
use2 S1 W1 /juːs/ noun
an exit for use in emergencies
use of
the increasing use of computers in education
2. [countable] a purpose for which something can be used:
Robots have many different uses in modern industry.
have/find a use for something
The cupboard is full of things I can never find a use for.
3. make use of something to use something that is available in order to achieve something or get an advantage for yourself:
We will make use of her vast experience.
There is an answering machine for you to make use of.
Try to make good use of your time.
4. put something to (good) use to use something such as knowledge or skills for a particular purpose:
a job where her management skills can be put to good use
5. the use of something the ability or right to use something:
Joe’s given me the use of his office till he gets back.
He lost the use of both legs as a result of the accident.
6. be (of) no use (to somebody) to be completely useless:
You needed blankets to keep warm because the heating was no use.
Take this – it’s of no use to me any more.
7. it’s no use doing something spoken used to tell someone not to do something because it will have no effect:
It’s no use complaining.
8. it’s no use! spoken used to say that you are going to stop doing something because you do not think it will be successful:
Oh, it’s no use! I can’t fix it.
9. what’s the use (of something) spoken used to say that something seems to be a waste of time:
What’s the use of decorating the house if we are going to sell it?
10. be in use a machine, place etc that is in use is being used:
Electric vehicles built in 1920 were still in use in the 1950s.
11. for the use of somebody provided for a particular person or group of people to use:
a bar for the use of the guests
12. be of use (to somebody/something) to be useful:
He was charged with having information likely to be of use to terrorists.
13. come into use (also bring something into use) to start being used, or to start using something:
Computers first came into use in the early 1950s.
14. go/be out of use a machine, place etc that goes out of use or is out of use is not being used:
Some 4,000 railway stations have gone out of use since the 1960s.
15. have no use for somebody/something to have no respect for someone or something:
She has no use for people who are always complaining.
16. something/somebody has their uses spoken used, often humorously, to say that something or someone can sometimes be useful, even though it may not seem that way:
Being stubborn can have its uses.
17. [countable] one of the meanings of a word, or the way that a particular word is used
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▪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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verb Word Family: noun: usage, use, disuse, misuse, reuse, usefulness ≠ uselessness, user; adjective: reusable, used ≠ unused, disused, useful ≠ useless, usable ≠ unusable; verb: use, misuse, reuse; adverb: usefully ≠ uselessly
Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: user, from Latin usus, past participle of uti 'to use'
1. USE SOMETHING [transitive] 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:Language: Old French
Origin: user, from Latin usus, past participle of uti 'to use'
easy/difficult/simple etc to use
use something for (doing) something
use something as something
use something to do something
use force (=use violent methods)
2. AMOUNT OF SOMETHING [transitive] to take an amount of something from a supply of food, gas, money etc:
3. TREAT SOMEBODY UNFAIRLY [transitive] to make someone do something for you in order to get something you want:
4. AN ADVANTAGE [transitive] to take advantage of a situation
use something to do something
5. could use something spoken if you say you could use something, you mean you would really like to have it:
6. WORD [transitive] to say or write a particular word or phrase:
7. DRUGS [intransitive and transitive] to regularly take illegal drugs ⇨ used to
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noun Word Family: noun: usage, use, disuse, misuse, reuse, usefulness ≠ uselessness, user; adjective: reusable, used ≠ unused, disused, useful ≠ useless, usable ≠ unusable; verb: use, misuse, reuse; adverb: usefully ≠ uselessly
1. [singular, uncountable] the action or fact of using something: use of
2. [countable] a purpose for which something can be used:
have/find a use for something
3. make use of something to use something that is available in order to achieve something or get an advantage for yourself:
4. put something to (good) use to use something such as knowledge or skills for a particular purpose:
5. the use of something the ability or right to use something:
6. be (of) no use (to somebody) to be completely useless:
7. it’s no use doing something spoken used to tell someone not to do something because it will have no effect:
8. it’s no use! spoken used to say that you are going to stop doing something because you do not think it will be successful:
9. what’s the use (of something) spoken used to say that something seems to be a waste of time:
10. be in use a machine, place etc that is in use is being used:
11. for the use of somebody provided for a particular person or group of people to use:
12. be of use (to somebody/something) to be useful:
13. come into use (also bring something into use) to start being used, or to start using something:
14. go/be out of use a machine, place etc that goes out of use or is out of use is not being used:
15. have no use for somebody/something to have no respect for someone or something:
16. something/somebody has their uses spoken used, often humorously, to say that something or someone can sometimes be useful, even though it may not seem that way:
17. [countable] one of the meanings of a word, or the way that a particular word is used
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