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。
3VERB 服(药,尤指毒品) If someone uses drugs, they take drugs regularly, especially illegal ones. 服(药,尤指毒品)
He denied he had used drugs. [VERB noun]
他否认自己吸过毒。
You'll find that most people that don't use heroin don't like people that do. [VERB noun]
你会发现绝大多数不吸海洛因的人都不喜欢吸食者。
4VERB 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. 用(洗手间或卫生间)(礼貌说法) [politeness]
Wash your hands after using the toilet. [VERB noun]
便后要洗手。
He asked whether he could use my bathroom. [VERB noun]
他问是否可以用我的卫生间。
5VERB 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. 使用(单词或表达方式)
The judge liked using the word 'wicked' of people he had sent to jail. [VERB noun]
这个法官喜欢使用“邪恶”一词来形容被他判罪入狱的人。
When Johnson talks about cuts, he uses words like 'target price' and 'efficiency payments'. [VERB noun]
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。
6VERB 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. 用(名字);自称
Now I use a false name if I'm meeting people for the first time. [VERB noun]
现在和初次见面的人交往时我会用假名。
I didn't want to use my married name because we've split. [VERB noun]
我不想用我的夫姓,因为我们已经离婚了。
7VERB (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. (为自身利益)利用(别人) [disapproval]
Be careful she's not just using you. [VERB noun]
当心她不只是在利用你。
Why do I have the feeling I'm being used again? [beVERB-ed]
3N-VAR [oft adjective NOUN]用途;用处 If something has a particular use, it is intended for a particular purpose. 用途;用处 [Also + in]
Infrared detectors have many uses.
红外探测器有多种用途。
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。
French furniture was designed for every use.
法式家具的用途极其广泛。
The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon. [+ for]
该报告概述了这种新式武器的可能用途。
...Elderflower Water for use as an eye and skin lotion. [+ as]
可用于眼霜及润肤乳中的接骨木花水
We need to recognize that certain uses of the land upon which we live are simply wrong. [+ of]
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。
4N-UNCOUNT [oft theNOUN]使用权;运用能力 If you have the use of something, you have the permission or ability to use it. 使用权;运用能力
She will have the use of the car one night a week. [+ of]
她每周有一个晚上会用车。
...young people who at some point in the past have lost the use of their limbs. [+ of]
曾经一度手脚失去功能的年轻人
You will have full use of all the new leisure club facilities. [+ of]
你可以充分享受俱乐部的所有新增休闲设施。
5N-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. (单词的)意义,用法
There are new uses of words coming in and old uses dying out. [+ of]
单词总有新用法出现,也有旧用法慢慢被淘汰。
6N-UNCOUNT (名字的)使用 Your use of a particular name is the fact of your calling yourself by it. (名字的)使用
Police have been hampered by Mr Urquhart's use of bogus names. [+ of]
厄克特先生使用了假名,警方的调查因此受阻。
7PHRASE 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. 供…使用
The leisure facilities are there for the use of guests.
这些休闲设施是供客人使用的。
He raises crops mainly for the use of his family.
他种农作物主要是为了家庭自用。
8PHRASE 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. 有好处 [informal]
Being a hospital Sister had its uses.
在医院当护士有它的好处。
9PHRASE 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. 在使用/不再使用
...the methods of making Champagne which are still in use today.
至今仍在用的香槟酿制法
The site has been out of use for many years.
这个地方已经闲置多年。
10PHRASE 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. 使用;利用 [written]
Not all nursery schools make use of the opportunities open to them.
11PHRASE 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. 没有用处;无益
It's no use arguing with a drunk. [PHR v-ing]
跟一个醉汉争论是没有用处的。
There's no use you asking me any more questions.
你问我再多的问题也没有用。
What's the use of complaining?
抱怨有什么用呢?
12PHRASE 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. 没用;行不通
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。
13PHRASE 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. 有用/没用
The contents of this booklet should be of use to all students. [+ to]