N-UNCOUNT [oft intoN]废弃;不用 If something falls into disuse, people stop using it. If something becomes worse as a result of disuse, it becomes worse because no one uses it. 废弃;不用
...a church which has fallen into disuse.
废弃的教堂
The wheel had long since rusted from years of disuse.
VERB + DISUSE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERB + DISUSE➤be in棄置不用◇Much of the factory is in disuse.該廠的大部份已經廢棄。➤fall into廢棄不用◇A new bridge was built ten years ago and the old one has fallen into disuse.新橋在 10 年前架起,老橋已廢棄不用。PREPOSITION➤from disuse, through disuse, with disuse由於不用◇Her muscles had become weak through disuse.由於不活動,她的肌肉變得虛弱無力。PHRASES➤a period of disuse廢棄期