use

use
verb
[juːz]

[with obj.]take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing a purpose or achieving a result; employ
用，使用
she used her key to open the front door.
她用自己钥匙打开前门。
the poem uses simple language.
那首诗用简单的语言。
■take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply of something
耗费，消费
we have used all the available funds.
我们已经耗尽了所有资金。
■exploit (a person or situation) for one's own advantage
利用，自私利用
I couldn't help feeling that she was using me.
我不禁认为她在利用我。
■[with obj. and adverbial]treat (someone) in a particular way
对待
use your troops well and they will not let you down.
善待你的部队，他们就不会让你失望。
■apply (a name or title) to oneself
自称，自封
she still used her maiden name professionally.
她在公事中仍用婚前姓名。
■(one could use)(informal)one would like or benefit from
(非正式)想有
I could use another cup of coffee.
我还想喝一杯咖啡。
■(informal)take (an illegal drug)[no obj.]
(非正式)服用（违禁药品）
[in past, with infinitive](used to)describing an action or state of affairs that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past
（过去）惯常
this road used to be a dirt track.
这条路过去是一条窄土路。
I used to give him lifts home.
我以前常顺便带他回家。
(be/get used to)be or become familiar with someone or something through experience
习惯；熟悉
she was used to getting what she wanted.
她习惯于随心所欲。
he's weird, but you just have to get used to him.
他很古怪，但是你得习惯于见怪不怪。

noun
[mass noun]

the action of using something or the state of being used for some purpose
用，使用
a member of staff is present when the pool is in use.
游泳池开放时，有一工作人员在场。
theatre owners were charging too much for the use of their venues.
剧院老板对场地使用要价太高。
■the ability or power to exercise or manipulate something, especially one's mind or body
（尤指思想，体力）运用能力，使用
the horse lost the use of his hind legs.
这马丧失了后腿活动能力。
■[count noun]a purpose for or way in which something can be used
用途
the herb has various culinary uses.
这种香草有多种烹饪用途。
■the value or advantage of something
使用价值，效用
it was no use trying to persuade her.
试图说服她是没有用的。
what's the use of crying?.
哭有什么用？。
■(Law, historical)the benefit or profit of lands, especially lands that are in the possession of another who holds them solely for the beneficiary
(法律，史)（尤指受委托代管人的）受权
■the characteristic ritual and liturgy of a Church or diocese
（教堂，教区）特色礼拜仪式
■the action of taking or habitual consumption of a drug
（经常）服用（毒品）

常用词组
have its (或one's) uses

(informal)be useful on certain occasions or in certain respects
(非正式)总会有用

have no use for

be unable to find a purpose for; have no need for
用不着；不需要
he had no use for a single glove.
单个手套对他没用。
■(informal)dislike or be impatient with
(非正式)不喜欢；对…不耐烦

make use of

use for a purpose
使用，利用
■benefit from
受益于
they were educated enough to make use of further training.
所受教育足以让他们从进一步的培训中受益。

use and wont

(formal)established custom
(正式)习俗惯例

use someone's name

quote someone as an authority or reference
引用某人名字；打出某人旗号

语源

Middle English: the noun from Old French us, from Latin usus, from uti 'to use'; the verb from Old French user, based on Latin uti

用法

1 The construction used to is standard, but difficulties arise with the formation of negatives and questions. Traditionally, used to behaves as a modal verb, so that questions and negatives are formed without the auxiliary verb do, as in it used not to be like that and used she to come here? In modern English this question form is now regarded as very formal or old-fashioned and the use with do is broadly accepted as standard, as in did they use to come here? Negative constructions with do, on the other hand (as in it didn't use to be like that), though common, are informal and are not generally accepted.
2 There is sometimes confusion over whether to use the form used to or use to, which has arisen largely because the pronunciation is the same in both cases. Except in negatives and questions, the correct form is used to: we used to go to the cinema all the time, not we use to go to the cinema all the time. However, in negatives and questions using the auxiliary verb do, the correct form is use to, because the form of the verb required is the infinitive: I didn't use to like mushrooms, not I didn't used to like mushrooms

继承用法
use something up

consume or expend the whole of something
用完；耗尽
the money was soon used up.
钱很快就用光了。
■find a purpose for something that is left over
（为某种目的）用完（剩余物）
I might use up all my odd scraps of wool to make a scarf.
我可能用完所有剩余零碎毛料做一条围巾。
■(be used up)(informal)(of a person) be worn out, especially with overwork
(非正式)（尤指过度工作）筋疲力尽
she was tired and used up.
她累得筋疲力尽。

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