uses

VERB USES 动词用法

1. VERB 用；使用；应用；运用
   If you use something, you do something with it in order to do a job or to achieve a particular result or effect.
   1. Trim off the excess pastry using a sharp knife...
      用一把快刀切去多余的饼皮。
   2. He had simply used a little imagination...
      他只不过是用了一点点想象力。
   3. Officials used loud hailers to call for calm...
      官员们用扩音器呼吁大家保持冷静。
   4. The show uses Zondo's trial and execution as its framework.
      这部戏以桑多的受审和被处决作为基本框架。
2. VERB 耗尽；耗掉
   If you use a supply of something, you finish it so that none of it is left.
   1. You used all the ice cubes and didn't put the ice trays back...
      你把所有的冰块都用完了，又不把冰格放回去。
   2. They've never had anything spare — they've always used it all.
      他们从没有任何备用的东西——他们总是把什么都用得一干二净。
   3. Use up means the same as use .
      use up同use
   4. It isn't them who use up the world's resources...
      并不是他们把全球的资源耗费殆尽的。
   5. We were breathing really fast, and using the air up quickly.
      当时我们呼吸非常急促，很快就要把空气用完了。
3. VERB 服（药，尤指毒品）
   If someone uses drugs, they take drugs regularly, especially illegal ones.
   1. He denied he had used drugs...
      他否认自己吸过毒。
   2. You'll find that most people that don't use heroin don't like people that do.
      你会发现绝大多数不吸海洛因的人都不喜欢吸食者。
4. VERB 用（洗手间或卫生间）（礼貌说法）
   You can say that someone uses the toilet or bathroom as a polite way of saying that they go to the toilet.
   1. Wash your hands after using the toilet...
      便后要洗手。
   2. He asked whether he could use my bathroom.
      他问是否可以用我的卫生间。
5. VERB 使用（单词或表达方式）
   If you use a particular word or expression, you say or write it, because it has the meaning that you want to express.
   1. The judge liked using the word 'wicked' of people he had sent to jail...
      这个法官喜欢使用“邪恶”一词来形容被他判罪入狱的人。
   2. When Johnson talks about cuts, he uses words like 'target price' and 'efficiency payments'.
      约翰逊谈起降价时，会使用“目标价位”和“效率支付”之类的字眼。
6. VERB 用（名字）；自称
   If you use a particular name, you call yourself by that name, especially when it is not the name that you usually call yourself.
   1. Now I use a false name if I'm meeting people for the first time...
      现在和初次见面的人交往时我会用假名。
   2. I didn't want to use my married name because we've split.
      我不想用我的夫姓，因为我们已经离婚了。
7. VERB (为自身利益)利用(别人)
   If you say that someone uses people, you disapprove of them because they make others do things for them in order to benefit or gain some advantage from it, and not because they care about the other people.
   1. Be careful she's not just using you...
      当心她不只是在利用你。
   2. Why do I have the feeling I'm being used again?
      为什么我感觉又被利用了？
8. See also: used

NOUN USES 名词用法

1. N-UNCOUNT 用；使用；应用；运用
   Your use of something is the action or fact of your using it.
   1. The treatment does not involve the use of any artificial drugs.
      这种治疗不会使用任何人工合成药物。
   2. ...research related to microcomputers and their use in classrooms...
      关于微型电脑及其课堂使用的研究
   3. We are denied use of the land by the ruling classes...
      统治阶层剥夺了我们使用土地的权利。
   4. He would support a use of force if the UN deemed it necessary.
      如果联合国认为有必要使用武力的话，他会支持的。
2. N-SING 需要；功能；使用价值
   If you have a use for something, you need it or can find something to do with it.
   1. You will no longer have a use for the magazines...
      你再也用不着这些杂志了。
   2. They both loved the fabric, but couldn't find a use for it.
      他们都很喜爱这块布，可是不知道拿来做什么好。
3. N-VAR 用途；用处
   If something has a particular use, it is intended for a particular purpose.
   1. Infrared detectors have many uses...
      红外探测器有多种用途。
   2. It's an interesting scientific phenomenon, but of no practical use whatever...
      这是一种有趣的科学现象，但没什么实用价值。
   3. French furniture was designed for every use...
      法式家具的用途极其广泛。
   4. The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon.
      该报告概述了这种新式武器的可能用途。
   5. ...Elderflower Water for use as an eye and skin lotion...
      可用于眼霜及润肤乳中的接骨木花水
   6. We need to recognize that certain uses of the land upon which we live are simply wrong.
      我们需要认识到，我们对自己生活的这片土地的某些使用方式是完全错误的。
4. N-UNCOUNT 使用权；运用能力
   If you have the use of something, you have the permission or ability to use it.
   1. She will have the use of the car one night a week.
      她每周有一个晚上会用车。
   2. ...young people who at some point in the past have lost the use of their limbs...
      曾经一度手脚失去功能的年轻人
   3. You will have full use of all the new leisure club facilities.
      你可以充分享受俱乐部的所有新增休闲设施。
5. N-COUNT （单词的）意义，用法
   A use of a word is a particular meaning that it has or a particular way in which it can be used.
   1. There are new uses of words coming in and old uses dying out.
      单词总有新用法出现，也有旧用法慢慢被淘汰。
6. N-UNCOUNT （名字的）使用
   Your use of a particular name is the fact of your calling yourself by it.
   1. Police have been hampered by Mr Urquhart's use of bogus names.
      厄克特先生使用了假名，警方的调查因此受阻。
7. PHRASE 供…使用
   If something is for the use of a particular person or group of people, it is for that person or group to use.
   1. The leisure facilities are there for the use of guests...
      这些休闲设施是供客人使用的。
   2. He raises crops mainly for the use of his family.
      他种农作物主要是为了家庭自用。
8. PHRASE 有好处
   If you say that being something or knowing someone has its uses, you mean that it makes it possible for you to do what you otherwise would not be able to do.
   1. Being a hospital Sister had its uses.
      在医院当护士有它的好处。
9. PHRASE 在使用/不再使用
   If something such as a technique, building, or machine is in use, it is used regularly by people. If it has gone out of use, it is no longer used regularly by people.
   1. ...the methods of making Champagne which are still in use today...
      至今仍在用的香槟酿制法
   2. The site has been out of use for many years.
      这个地方已经闲置多年。
10. PHRASE 使用；利用
    If you make use of something, you do something with it in order to do a job or achieve a particular result or effect.
    1. Not all nursery schools make use of the opportunities open to them.
       并不是所有的托儿所都能抓住他们面临的机会。
    2. ...making use of the same bottle time after time.
       多次重复使用同一个瓶子
11. PHRASE 没有用处；无益
    You use expressions such as it's no use ,there's no use, and what's the use to indicate that a particular action will not achieve anything.
    1. It's no use arguing with a drunk...
       跟一个醉汉争论是没有用处的。
    2. There's no use you asking me any more questions...
       你问我再多的问题也没有用。
    3. What's the use of complaining?
       抱怨有什么用呢？
12. PHRASE 没用；行不通
    If you say it's no use, you mean that you have failed to do something and realize that it is useless to continue trying because it is impossible.
    1. It's no use. Let's hang up and try for a better line.
       打不通。挂掉吧，找一条更好的线打吧。
13. PHRASE 有用/没用
    If something or someone is of use, they are useful. If they are no use, they are not at all useful.
    1. The contents of this booklet should be of use to all students...
       这本小册子的内容应该会对所有的学生都有用处。
    2. I'm sorry, I've been no use to you.
       对不起，我一点儿忙也没帮上。

1. He uses tapes of this program to teach English.
   他用这个节目的录像带教授英语。
2. She uses her vocal training to record audio tapes of books for blind people.
   她利用接受的声乐训练给盲人录制磁带图书。
3. The evidence she uses is usually highly authoritative.
   她采用的证据通常都具有很高的可信度。
4. He boils down red wine and uses what's left
   他把红酒熬稠后再用。
5. Cale also uses electronic keyboards to compose.
   凯尔也用电子键盘谱曲。
6. The council conducted a survey of the uses to which farm buildings are put.
   地方议会对农场建筑的使用情况进行了一次调查。
7. She has a microwave, but uses it mainly for defrosting bread
   她有个微波炉，不过主要用来解冻面包。
8. The machine uses minute quantities of ozone to sterilise and deodorise refrigerated food vehicles.
   这种机器使用极少量的臭氧为食品冷藏车消毒杀菌和去除异味。
9. The technology uses an electrochemical process to produce electricity.
   这种技术利用电气化学反应发电。
10. She uses the media to help her exact a terrible revenge.
    她利用媒体帮助自己进行可怕的复仇。
11. Ethiopia, for instance uses the equivalent of just twenty kilos of oil per head a year.
    比如说，埃塞俄比亚每年的人均消费支出仅相当于20公斤的石油。
12. We wash our cars and hose our gardens without even thinking of the water that uses.
    我们洗车和浇灌花园时根本就没有想过用了多少水。
13. Abu is not his real name, but it's one he uses to disguise his identity
    阿布不是他的真名，是他用于伪装身份的名字。
14. They should adopt a more imaginative approach and investigate alternative uses for their property.
    他们应该采用一种更有想象力的方式来为他们的财产找到另外的用途。
15. The technique Mr Wilson uses most often is to juxtapose things for dramatic effect
    威尔逊先生最常用的手法是将事物放在一起，以产生戏剧化的效果。
16. The technology uses a pen to manipulate a computer
    这项技术使用一支笔来操作电脑。
17. The company uses the simulator to market test new designs.
    这家公司使用模拟装置对新设计进行市场测试。
18. The Wall Street Journal uses 220,000 metric tons of newsprint each year
    《华尔街日报》每年用去22万公吨新闻纸。
19. On top of the cupboards are vast straw baskets which Pat uses for dried flower arrangements
    橱柜顶上摆着帕特用来插干花的大草篮。
20. The contraction of muscles uses energy and releases heat
    肌肉的收缩消耗能量并且释放热量。
21. This engine uses all the most modern technology
    这个发动机汇集了现代最顶尖的科技。
22. Fred never uses public toilets.
    弗雷德从不使用公共厕所。
23. The show uses Zondo's trial and execution as its framework.
    这部戏以桑多的受审和被处决作为基本框架。
24. When Johnson talks about cuts, he uses words like 'target price' and 'efficiency payments'.
    约翰逊谈起降价时，会使用“目标价位”和“效率支付”之类的字眼。
25. Infrared detectors have many uses
    红外探测器有多种用途。
26. The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon.
    该报告概述了这种新式武器的可能用途。
27. We need to recognize that certain uses of the land upon which we live are simply wrong.
    我们需要认识到，我们对自己生活的这片土地的某些使用方式是完全错误的。
28. There are new uses of words coming in and old uses dying out.
    单词总有新用法出现，也有旧用法慢慢被淘汰。
29. My lamp uses 60 watts; my toaster uses 600 watts.
    我的灯用60瓦，我的烤面包器用600瓦。
30. A magician uses deception.
    魔术师使用骗术。