首页英语词典useuse的意思

use

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近义词of utilize practice employ take exercise advantage handle manage

n. 使用；用途；发挥
vt. 利用；耗费
vi. 使用，运用
n. (Use)人名；(德)乌泽

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词态变化

复数: uses;第三人称单数: uses;过去式: used;过去分词: used;现在分词: using;

中文词源

use 使用

来自拉丁语uti, 使用，利用。

英英释意

1. the act of using;: "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"

2. a particular service;: "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses"

3. what something is used for;: "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"

4. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;: "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

5. a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition;: "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"

6. (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property;: "we were given the use of his boat"

7. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage;: "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"

英文词源

use: use: [13] The verb use comes via Old French user from Vulgar Latin *ūsāre. This was derived from ūsus, the past participle of Latin ūtī ‘use’ (source also of English utensil, utility [14], utilize [19], etc). Latin ūsus was also used as a noun, meaning ‘use, usage’, and this has given English the noun use [13] and the derivatives usage [13] (an Old French formation), usual, usurp, and usury. Abuse [14] and peruse [15] (etymologically ‘use up’) go back to the same Latin roots.
=> abuse, peruse, usual, usurp, usury, utensil, utilize
use (v.): c. 1200, "employ for a purpose," from Old French user "employ, make use of, practice, frequent," from Vulgar Latin *usare "use," frequentative form of past participle stem of Latin uti "make use of, profit by, take advantage of, enjoy, apply, consume," in Old Latin oeti "use, employ, exercise, perform," of uncertain origin. Related: Used; using. Replaced Old English brucan (see brook (v.)). From late 14c. as "take advantage of."
use (n.): c. 1200, "act of employing," from Anglo-French and Old French us "custom, practice, usage," from Latin usus "use, custom, practice, employment, skill, habit," from past participle stem of uti (see use (v.)).

同义词辨析

use, apply, employ, utilize, avail, exploit

这些动词均含"使用，应用"之意。

use：普通用词，着重为达到某一目的而利用某人或某物。

apply：指将一事物运用于另一事物之上以发挥其有效作用。

employ：指使用处于消极状态或未被用过的人或物，可以与use换用，但强调进行选择、充分利用。

utilize：侧重有利可图或能达到某一实际目的。书面用词。

avail：通常指使用手边或就近的人或物以有利于自己。

exploit：强调充分利用。

考试真题

They reject using toilet paper with unnecessary features.

The report refers to this as the coming of the 18-hour city, and uses the term to refer to cities like Houston, Austin, Charlotte, and Nashville, which are positioning themselves as highly competitive, in terms of livability, employment offerings, and recreational and cultural facilities.

Product transitions used to take five or seven years; now they take one or two.

People in both groups used nicotine ( ' , 尼古丁) patches before they quit, in addition to a second form of nicotine replacement, like gum or spray.

However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use team as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.

Clearly, there is no such thing as a perfect memory – their extraordinary minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on.

In the 1600s, people in China used carrots as medicine, but they also ate carrots boiled in soup.

Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine, on the theory that foods that taste bad must be good for you.

Brown? You know, Ben’s given up making those terrible faces he used to make.

The shorthand ( ' , 简写) educators use for this is pre-K —meaning instruction before kindergarten—and the big idea is to prepare 4-year-olds and even younger kids to be ready to succeed on their K-12 journey.

The public overall is spilt on whether they'd like to use a driverless car.

The evening meal carries the full burden that used to be spread over two meals, says Counihan.

Older adults, especially those with limited mobility or difficulty driving on their own, are one of the classic use-cases for driverless cars.

College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education: 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or lessWhere a person lives matters, toIt will not necessarily reduce road accidents.

A quarter of this year's American grain harvest will be used to produce bio-fuel for cars.

Werbach gives the example of several Disneyland hotels in Anaheim, California, which used large digital leaderboards to display how efficiently laundry workers were working compared to one another.

Using high technology in classrooms and promoting exchange of information.

They use their money reserves to back up consumption.

The teachers must be free to teach in their own way—the curriculum should be flexible enough so that they can use their individual talents to achieve the goals of the course.

The odds of a criminal using technical means to bypass a security system are so small that the FBI doesn't even track those statistics.

The implication is a sharp decline in global trade, which has plunged partly because oilproducing nations can't afford to import as much as they used to.

Some famous companies are already using gamification and more are trying to do the same.

Snow White is available for everyone to use, but the dwarfs are still under copyright, so Cornetti invented sound-alike characters ( ' , Grumpy Gus, Dopey Dan) to illustrate specific pay roll law principles.

One of the prizes used was a lottery ticket ( ' , 彩票), with a $10, $50 or $100 payout, and this was as effective as a tangible gift in persuading people to eat less.

One company Werbach has studied uses gamification to create a sense of community and boost employees' morale ( ' , 士气).

It is necessary to use terms other than gamification for some professions.

It can also be exploitative, especially when used with vulnerable populations.

If you have a sign in your yard declaring what setup you use, that'd point them in the right direction, though at that point, we're talking about a highly targeted, semi-sophisticated attack, and not the sort of forced-entry attack that makes up the majority of burglaries.

How might this knowledge be used to help people eat more healthily?One possibility is a healthy option that offers the chance to win a spa ( ' , 温泉疗养) weekend.

Contrary to its title, the center is a clearing house ( ' , 信息交流中心) for using technology in classrooms and in online courses.

Companies from Google to L'Oréal to IBM to Wells Fargo are known to use some degree of gamification in their workplaces.

Another training, this one for pay roll law, used a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs theme.

They were taught that the brain is like a muscle that gets stronger with use and that learning prompts the brain to grow new connections.

This boosts the local economy considerably because tourists not only buy crafts, but they also use the restaurants and hotels and other services of the area.

They help them relate their choice to its intended use.

The mine, along New York’s Cayuga Lake, processes salt used for road treatment.

While most people will still probably need, and be, to some extent, clock-timers, task-based timing should be used when performing a job that requires more creativity.

The author was advised against the improper use of figures of speech.

They may even have been covered with silk because silk was used a lot at that time.

In fact, they’ve been in use for centuries.25 centuries ago, kites were well-known in China.

In ancient China, they were used to carry ropes across rivers.

For instance, Benjamin Franklin used a kite to prove that lightning is electricity.

Early kites were built for certain uses.

"Snow White" is available for everyone to use, but the "dwarfs" are still under copyright, so Cornetti invented sound-alike characters Grumpy Gus, Dopey Da to illustrate specific pay roll law principles.

According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of deaths from heart disease and stroke are caused by high blood pressure, tobacco use, elevated cholesterol and low consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Around 1804, Talleyrand challenged Careme to produce a full menu for his personal castle, instructing the young baker to use local, seasonal fruits and vegetables and to avoid repeating main dishes over the course of an entire year.

At the workplace, men use conflict as a way to position themselves, while women often avoid conflict or strive to be the peacemaker,because they don't want to be viewed as aggressive or disruptive at work.

Breakfast is also associated with improved brain function, including concentration and language use.

Cats use a causal-logical understanding of noise or sounds to predict the appearance of invisible objects, lead researcher Saho Takagi says in a press release.

Cats use a causal-logical understanding of noise or sounds to predict the appearance of invisible objects.

College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education: 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school d

Davida Herzl, Aclima's boss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's transit workers went on strike and the city's inhabitants were forced to use their cars.

Drug abuse is the use of a drug, legal or illegal, that hurts a person or someone close to him.

For example, consumers could use appliances in a more efficient way by adjusting the time of cooking to the type of food.

For one, they use a crowdfunding platform that specializes in raising money for science, and not just any kind of project.

However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use "team" as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.

However, David Reay, professor of carbon management, argues that, although microwaves use a great deal of energy, their emissions are minor compared to those from cars.

If you have a sign in your yard declaring what setup you use, that'd point them in the right direction, though at that point, we're talking about a highly targeted, semi-sophisticated attack, and not the sort of forced-entry attack that makes up the major

I'm afraid not, the stand-ins are already in use on line 6, and the ones from line 6 are being serviced.

In contrast, California, home of Silicon Valley, recently proposed far more restrictive rules that would require human drivers be ready to take the wheel, and ban commercial use of self-driving technology.

In early space programs, such as the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, and in the Space Shuttle missions today, scientists developed objects for the astronauts to use on the moon and in space.

In fact, the slugs use the genetic material so well that they pass it on to their future generations.

In the early stages, drug use is often hard to see.

It is one thing to use AI within a game with clear rules and clear goals.

It is something very different to use AI in the real world.

Local people have also carved out over 200 caves in the soft rock and use them for everything from sacred burial places to food storage.

Officers use soccer goals to fence the animal in.

Participants were balanced across the three groups for age, sex, educational background, severity and duration of depression, and use of antidepressant.

Private courier companies, which have more dollars to spend, use their expertise in logistics to help revitalize damaged areas after a disaster.

Rather, the point is to use the results of this study to open up meaningful dialogues on implicit gender bias, be it at a departmental level or an institutional level or even a discipline level.

She doesn't want to use her name for fear of being fired from her job.

She told BuzzFeed News that her freshman chemistry class required her to use Connect, a system provided by McGraw hill where students can suBMIt homework, take exams and track their grades.

signs barring cell-phone use are a familiar sight to anyone who has ever sat in a hospital waiting room.

Spelling, grammar and punctuation should not be overlooked, and never use capitals to emphasize a word or words in an email.

That means students are asked to use their individual experience to come up with answers to general questions.

The app will use Bluetooth technology to unlock the room with a tap.

The article cites the global giant Procter and Gamble as an example, saying a real innovative company should develop an innovation culture and use it as a primary tool for success.

The birds will be encouraged to clean the park through the use of a small box that delivers a small amount of bird food.

The cordless, hand-held tools we use in our homes, such as vacuum cleaners, flashlights, drills and saws came from the technology of these early space programs.

The public overall is split on whether they'd like to use a driverless car.

The shopping mall had not been in use since 2002.

The shorthand educators use for this is "pre-K"—meaning instruction before kindergarten—and the big idea is to prepare 4-year-olds and even younger kids to be ready to succeed on their K-12 journey.

The teachers must be free to teach in their own way— the curriculum should be flexible enough so that they can use their individual talents to achieve the goals of the course.

They can recognize power and know how to use it.

They use drugs with friends or at parties to get into the mood of things.

They were taught that the brain is like a muscle that gets stronger with use and that learning prompts the brain to grow new connections.

We now use some of these objects every day.

We purify the water we drink with a water filter designed for the astronauts' use in space.

The most successful sharers—those whose data are downloaded and cited the most often—get noticed, and their work gets used.

Students use forums to chat, play games, and solve problems together at no cost, or they can pay a few hundred dollars to take courses with trained teachers.

Setting the right carbon price will therefore efficiently align the costs paid by carbon users with the true social opportunity cost of using carbon.

Researchers in Germany used miniature GPS tags to track the migrations of 70 white storks ( ' , 鹳) from different sites across Europe and Asia during the first five months of their lives.

Physical punishment is used much less by well-educated parents.

People used to live near people of different income levels; neighborhoods are now more segregated by income.

It is urgent for governments to increase the cost of using fossil fuels to an appropriate level to lessen the catastrophic effects of climate change.

I'd much prefer to have my data used by the maximum number of people to ask their own questions, she says.

Data on management expenses at the college system and in other state departments will be part of a business justification the state will use as officials deliberate the specifics of an outsourcing plan.

Coal and natural gas are mainly used for electricity generation, whereas oil is used mostly to power transportation, yet the prices of all these energy sources are linked.

A tax on upstream carbon sources is one easy way to put a price on carbon emissions, although some countries may wish to use other methods, such as emissions trading schemes.

Sweden was the first European country to print and use paper money, but it may soon do away with physical currencies.

In an era of instant information, shoppers can use their mobile phones to find deals.

For years, many of us have relied on antibiotic use to treat various infections.

And the reality is that antibiotics have been responsible for saving millions of lives since penicillin, one of the earliest antibiotics, was first used on a clinical basis 70 years ago.

When this water is used for agricultural irrigation, farmers risk absorbing disease-causing bacteria, as do consumers who eat the produce raw and unwashed.

We need to accept that fact across much of the planet, so waste with little or no treatment will be used in agriculture for good reason.

They also, however, use far more natural resources—fuel, water ( ' , all those baths and golf courses) and building materials.

The one in the House bill would have to negotiate rates with providers, rather than using Medicare rates, as many reformers wanted.

The commission's revised Green Guides warn marketers against using labels that make broad claims, like eco-friendly.

One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this ecological overshoot of the human economy, and found that we are using 1.2 Earth's-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in, and all those services—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt.

My own research at the Stanford Center on Adolescence uses in-depth interviews with small samples of youngsters rather than large-scale surveys.

Measuring emissions is not a precise science, particularly when it comes to issues surrounding land use; not all nations have released up-to-date data, and in any case, emissions from some sectors such as aviation are not included in national statistics.

It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues; while some, like the WRI, maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-inhand with economic development, others argue that the priority is to build a thriving economy, and then use the wealth created to tackle environmental degradation.

Irrigation is the primary agricultural use of human waste in the developing world.

Interactive television advertising, which allows viewers to use their remote controls to click on advertisements, has been pushed for years.

In most cases, the human waste is used on grain crops, which are eventually cooked, minimizing the risk of transmitting water-borne diseases.

In cases where sewage mud is used, expensive chemical fertilizer use can be avoided.

In 2008 and 2009, class-action lawsuits ( ' , 集体诉讼) were filed against SC Johnson for using Greenlist labels on its cleaning products.

Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage ( ' , 下水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

By and large, these are very nice kids, and as the band The Who used to sing, The kids are alright.

But, instead, the Chicago union seems to be using its political capital primarily to protect weak performers.

But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment, in rich and poor parts of the world alike, whether through unregulated mineral extraction, drastic water use for agriculture, slash-and-burn farming, or fossil-fuel-guzzling ( ' , 大量消耗) transport.

But Pay Drechsel, an environmental scientist, argues that the social and economic benefits of using untreated human waste to grow food outweigh the health risks.

As a result, the bills do not require, as they should, that the results of these studies be used to set payment rates in Medicare.

A handful of lawsuits have been filed in recent years against companies accused of using misleading environmental labels.

We need more funding and more effort to return these languages to everyday use, says Fred Nowuski of the National Museum of the American Indian, We are making progress but money needs to be spent on revitalising languages, not just documenting them.

And that’s not really the way they’re used in this country.

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While we argue phasing out racial terminology ( ' , 术语 ) in the biological sciences, we also acknowledge that using race as a political or social category to study racism, although filled with lots of challenges, remains necessary given our need to understand how structural inequities and discrimination produce health disparities ( ' , 差异 ) between groups, Yudell said.

While most parents, teachers and clinicians would react to an adolescent using drugs or getting drunk, they may easily overlook teenagers who are engaging in inconspicuous behaviors.

They refrain from using politically sensitive terms.

Their risky behaviors—drinking too much alcohol, using illegal drugs, smoking cigarettes and skipping school—can alert parents and teachers that serious problems are brewing.

The problem isn't the technology itself, but that the technology is being used to create more flexibility for the employer rather than the employee.

The study's authors surveyed 12,395 students and analyzed nine risk behaviors, including excessive alcohol use, illegal drug use, heavy smoking, high media use and truancy ( ' , 逃学 ).

Teenagers experiencing psychological problems tend to use a lot of media.

South Korea opened its second Antarctic research base in 2014, describing it as a way to test robots developed by Korean researchers for use in extreme conditions.

So what other variables could be used if the racial concept is thrown out? Yudell said scientists need to get more specific with their language, perhaps using terms like ancestry or population that might more precisely reflect the relationship between humans and their genes, on both the individual and population level.

Not to be outdone, India's futuristic new Bharathi base, built on stills ( ' , 桩子) using 134 interlocking shipping containers, resembles a spaceship.

In the paper, he and his colleagues used the example of cystic fibrosis, which is underdiagnosed in people of African ancestry because it is thought of as a white disease.

In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

Full-time employees who do have paid vacation days only use half of them on average.

Flexibility resulting from the use of digital devices benefits employers instead of employees.

Even among people who have bought connected devices of some kind, 37 percent said that they are going to be more cautious about using these devices and services in the future.

E.B.Du Bois was concerned that race was being used as a biological explanation for what he understood to be social and cultural differences between different populations of people.

But a new study finds that there's another group of adolescents who are in nearly as much danger of experiencing the same psychiatric symptoms: teens who use tons of media, don't get enough sleep and have a sedentary ( ' , 不爱活动的 ) lifestyle.

83% of workers say they're stressed about their jobs, nearly 50% say work-related stress is interfering with their sleep, and 60% use their smartphones to check in with work outside of normal working hours.

And the New Yorkers who spent a bundle on an outdoor hot tub now admit they rarely use it, because we can’t afford to heat it in winter.

Using existing civil society structures or networks is a more effective way of creating change.

They may have to use less effective drugs.

These students need to build skills and knowledge during college if they are to use their degrees as a stepping- stone to middle-class mobility.

Take your average trade union member, chances are they will be politically motivated and be used to collective action— much like Erica Gregory.

Specific medicines to be used.

Should doctors consider Medicare's budget in deciding what to use?I think ethically（在道德层面上） we are just worried about the patient in front of us and not trying to save money for the insurance industry or society as a whole, said Dr.Donald Jensen.Still

Professor Weber believes that environmental policy can make use of similar tactics.

Other studies show that simply providing the facility for people to compare their energy use with the local average is enough to cause them to modify their behaviour.

Medicare could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year if everyone used the cheaper drug, Avastin, instead of the costlier one, Lucentis.

Medical society guidelines are also used by insurance companies to help determine reimbursement ( ' , 报销 ) policies.

Make full use of informal learning resources.

If the CFL should be used for lighting a particular space, or an object within that space, the fixture must be designed to work with that lamp, and that fixture with the room.

Hall's findings suggest there's an argument to be made for electing to use African American, though one can't help but get the sense that it's a decision that papers over the urgency of continued progress.

But the Food and Drug Administration has not approved Avastin for use in the eye, and using it rather than the alternative, Lucentis, might carry an additional, although slight, safety risk.

But it was the ones that mentioned the actions of neighbours that drove down power use.

The agency createsadvertisements and develops a media plan, specifying which media will be used and in which proportions.

Some of the heat is used directly or produces useful work; the rest is lost or rejected, radiated into the atmosphere from the engines, motors, boilers and all the energy-consuming machinery that makes American’s wheel go around.

Scientists have devised a way to determine roughly where a person has lived using a strand of hair, a technique that could help track the movements of criminal suspects or unidentified murdervictims.

If we could figure out how to improve the efficiency with which we use energy, we can do a lot of work with the energy that is available.

He believes that team corporation results when members go beyond their individual capabilities, beyond what each is used to being and doing.

Every year, people in America use energy equal to over 30million barrels of oil each day.

Better design and wiseruser of both mass transit systems and private vehicles will playing an important part in helping America get more out of energy used fortransportation.

Although large companies could easily set up their own advertising departments, write their own advertisements andbuy media space themselves, they tend to use the services of largeadvertising agencies.

According to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies,about three quarter of energy we use to move things, including ourselves, accomplishes no useful work.

"AI is hugely exciting," she said, "but it has limitations, which present grave dangers given uncritical use."

83% of workers say they're stressed about their jobs, nearly 50% say work-related stress is interfering with their sleep, and 60% use their smartphones to check in with work outside of normal working hours.

A quarter of students report that their use of digital devices during class causes their grades to suffer .

Across the developed world, ear use is in decline as more people move to city centers, while young people especially are opting for other means of travel.

Although the American Academy of Pediatrics offers guidelines recommending that parents model appropriate social media use for their children, it does not explicitly discuss oversharing by parents.

Apple's stance on these issues emerged post-Snowden, when the company started putting in place a series of technologies that, by default, make use of encryption to limit access to people's data.

As she wrote in her description of the peacock flower," The Indians, who are not treated well by their Dutch masters, use the seeds to abort their children, so that they will not become slaves like themselves.

As wood was so plentiful, it was cheaper to use than the stone used in the buildings of other European cultures.

Because previous research has shown that people with high intellectual abilities are better at filtering out distractions, researchers believed students with high ACT scores would not show a significant decrease in performance due to their use of digital

Both bus tours forbade the use of cell phones but one tour provided digital cameras and encouraged people to take photos.

But frequently my tech use was not so benign.

But once these plants use up their stored reserve or tap out the underground supply, they cease growing and start to die.

But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment, in rich and poor parts of the world alike, whether through unregulated mineral extraction, drastic water use for agriculture, slash-and-burn farming, or fossil-fuel-guzzling t

Companies play a big role in creating a circular economy, in which value is generating less from extracting new resources and more from getting better use out of the resources we already have.

Companies play a big role in creating a circular economy, in which value is generating less from extracting new resources and more from getting better use out of the resources we already have—but they must also get customers engaged in the process.

Data on management expenses at the college system and in other state departments will be part of a "business justification" the state will use as officials deliberate the specifics of an outsourcing plan.

Farmers and consumers alike can choose whether or not to use whichever version prevails: "I'm giving people an option."

Farrant and others in the resurrection business got together last year to discuss the best species of resurrection plant to use as a lab model.

A bar graph has two axes and uses bars to show amounts.

A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences.

A legend, also called a key, is a guide to the symbols and colors used in the graph.

A nurse who understands the healing (治愈) value of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures.

A pie graph might include a legend, or it might use icons or labels within each slice.

A recent trend has been to encourage employees to use their own initiative, to make decisions on their own without asking managers first.

A restaurant in Spain uses a foodie to "re-create forms and pieces" of food that are "exactly the same, " freeing cooks to complete other tasks.

A taste for meat is actually behind the change: an important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle.

A three-week trial at Holborn last year found that the number of people using escalators at any time of could be raised by almost a third.

According to some researchers, we can use firewalls to avoid robots' affecting the world.

According to the passage, human being are used to living in the day light.

Almost a month ago, he bought popular word game that used little pieces of wood with different letters on them.

Although birds use their feathers for flight, some of their feathers are for other purposes.

Although the drills are used in deliberate practice might not be the most enjoyable, they might be the most relevant to improving performance.

Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year.

And because the process of recycling steel is less polluting than making new steel, we've also achieved the following significant savings; in energy use—47% to 74%; in air pollution—85%; in water pollution—35%; in water use—40%.

And how often will you use the center?

Another nice thing is that you learn both new words and their use unconsciously, meaning that you will tend to use the words learned/learnt this way in conversations almost automatically.

Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.

Ants can use pheromones for communication.

As a senior next year, I think extra periods should be used to take optional subjects.

Axani wrote in his post that he is not looking for anything in return and that the woman who uses the looking for ticket can choose to either travel with him or take the ticket and travel on her own.

Because sleepiness is such a problem for teenagers, some school districts have decided to start high school classes later than they used to.

But a new study suggests they used a little rock 'n' roll.

But in all, only 150 cans will be used up over the cat's lifetime-and we'll still have 100 left over for the next cat.

But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process-not simply "millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic".

By mentioning the Swiss study, the author intends to tell us that e-waste deserves to be made good use of.

Callie Babbitt and her colleagues at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York tracked the environmental costs for each product throughout its life – from when its minerals are mined to when we stop using the device.

Chopsticks are not used everywhere in asia.

Competition is fierce and the chief prize is a complete stilton cheese weighing about four kilos (disappointingly, but understandably the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones).

Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and were too violent for use at the table.

Consequently, she succeeded in making a kind of candy only using natural sweeteners, which can reduce oral bacteria.

Corn uses less water than rice and creates less fertilizer (化肥) runoff.

Currently, most ingredients must be changed to a paste (糊状物）before a printer can use them, and the printing process is quite time-consuming, because ingredients interact with each other in very complex ways.

Dad didn't come home as early and as much as he used to.

Data collected from the device could be used to recognize different participants based on how they typed, with very low error rates.

Environmental protection agency notes that most waste is dangerous in that "the production, distribution, and use of products — as well as management of the resulting waste — all result in greenhouse gas release".

Everybody uses a keyboard and everybody types differently.

Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in seattle, I used tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students.

For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction.

For example, Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show agreement between parties about the topic under discussion.

Generally, it contains no more than 75, 000 entries, making it easy to carry to class and efficient to use.

Good morning. Britain's Susanna Reid is used to grilling guests on the sofa every morning, but she is cooking up a storm in her latest role-showing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget.

Google initially used the data collected from users to target advertising better.

He asked the workers to use traditional techniques to make the bricks into walls, roofs and corridors.

He used to tell me that readers were leaders, and encouraged me to read all I could.

Her library used to be a meeting place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge.

How many cans will be used up in a cat's 15-year lifetime in a recycling economy?

How will the man use the money?

However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her.

However, the railway quickly proved to be a great success and within six months, more than 25, 000 people were using it every day.

However, they have real impacts, as they result in misguided use of scarce resources.

However, we are not all using the same reference standard to weigh risks and rewards.

I don't have to write down what happened or what technique the author was using when he or she wrote this.

I found the pre-holidays a good time to encourage young children to donate less-used things, and it worked.

I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to kill bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate.

I used to drive two hours to work each way.

If everyone is giving you the same answer, you won't be able to use it.

If producers are required to take back packaging they use to sell their products, would they reduce the packaging in the first place?

If special clothes are used, they should truly represent a given period.

If the new safety system had been put to use, the accident would never have happened.

If there is truly a concern about a professor's professionalism or ability, be sure to use online course evaluations to calmly offer your comments.

If using a portable toilet, always throw away your toilet waste at a proper waste station.

If you have a door to your office, make good use of it.

Improper use of them can destroy the apartment.

In a study describing the technology, the researchers had 100 volunteers type the word "touch" four times using the smart keyboard.

In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their ability to "air condition" a house without using electric equipment.

In any language, some letters are used more than others.

In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.

In the new trail, in addition to one escalator banning walking in rush hours, the other "up" escalators will be used for standing only and a mix of walking and standing.

Instead of using up 219kg of steel, we've use only 6kg.

Irresponsible use of a fire extinguisher can create a dangerous situation for other residents and could result in damage to personal property.

Irresponsible use of them can damage them.

It flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and bums 5 gallons per hour in the air.

It is the resources yet to be used.

It took three years to complete and was built using an interesting method.

It used to be a well-known maze.

It used to be the "year off" between school and university.

It used to be the home of royal families.

It uses renewable materials as sources of food.

It was time to put the tips he had learned to use.

It's been three weeks since he first started going, so macy and I are pretty used to it now.

Kahoot software can be used to create grammar tests which can be graded on a network.

Keep track of children's use of social media.

Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use.

Like ancient sailors, birds can find their way using the sun and the stars.

Make use of its healing effects.

Measles, which once killed 450 children each year and disabled even more, was nearly wiped out in the united states 14 years ago by the universal use of the MMR vaccine.

Medical research often makes use of the forests' plant and animal life, and the destruction of such species could prevent researchers from finding cures for certain diseases.

Moore then used her savings to get her business of the ground.

Moore wants to use her unique talent to help others find their smiles.

More importantly, try using a headache diary.

My parents said they would like to help, but I don't want to use their money.

Nearpod can be used to help vocabulary learning.

Norbert Wiener, who founded the field of cybernetics, put it this way: if we use, to achieve our purposes, a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot effectively interfere.

Oh..., can I use my travelers check, please?

On metrorail and metrobus, use a senior/disabled farecard or smartrip card.

One of the executives gathered at the Aspen Institute for a day-long leadership workshop using the works of Shakespeare was discussing the role of brutus in the death of julius caesar.

One of the first things maxime used to do with Shelly-Ann was taking her to the track, and she was ready to sacrifice everything.

The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought.

In addition, the computer programs a company uses to estimate relationships may be patented and not subject to peer review or outside evaluation.

Databases used by some companies don't rely on data collected systematically but rather lump together information from different research projects.

Among the most popular : paternity and kinship testing , which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and families can use to track down kids put for adoption.

” Yet bank shares rose and the changes enhance what one lobby group politely calls “the use of judgment by management.

These gave banks more freedom to use models to value illiquid assets and more flexibility in recognizing losses on long-term assets in their income statement.

Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern reader shave little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said it would use a particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents.

The rough guide to marketing success used to be that you got what you paid for.

Within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, the public ( ' , including other scientists) receives the new discovery and possibly accompanying technology.

Second, the majority of people who use networked computers to upload are not even aware of the significance of what they are doing.

In the idealized version of how science is done, facts about the world are waiting to be observed and collected by objective researchers who use the scientific method to carry out their work.

Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods - paintings, sculpture and architecture - and superfluous experiences - music, literature, religion and philosophy.

But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word.

It is this implicit or explicit reference to nature that fully justifies the use of word garden though in a “liberated” sense, to describe these synthetic constructions.

But if Congress wanted to prevent states from using their own resources to check immigration status,it could.

95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-pius stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.

His compositions demand the performer to show courage, for example in the use of dynamics.

Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.

These benefactors have succeeded in their chosen fields, they say, and they want to use their wealth to draw attention to those who have succeeded in science.

Sadly, the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for publicizing “progressive,” or left- liberal propaganda.

In one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya city of Copan, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural villages and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot.

In fact, allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improve services to customers, by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers to focus on improving firms’ efficiency.

Because representative government presupposes an informed citizenry, the report supports full literacy; stresses the study of history and government, particularly American history and American government; and encourages the use of new digital technologies.

Archaeologists commonly use computers to map sites and the landscapes around sites.

Archaeologists also may locate buried remains by using such technologies as ground radar, magnetic- field recording, and metal detector.

Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.

If you are unfamiliar with words or idioms, you guess at their meaning, using clues presented in the contest.

Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mass could result in a $85,000 fine and six months in prison.

There is one and only one social responsibility of business,” wrote Milton Friedman, a Nobel prize-winning economist, “That is, to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.”

Only Ukip, sensing its chance, has sided with those pleading for a more considered approach to using green land Its Campaign to Protect Rural England struck terror into many local Conservative parties.

It’s OK to use characterizations like that.

It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape-measure they must use to determine their individual worth.

Instead, use it as an opportunity to reduce decision fatigue.

Hire a personal stylist, or use the free styling service of a store like J.

The growth of the use of English as the world`s primary language for international communication has obviously been continuing for several decades.

The astronomy community is making compromises to change its use of Mauna Kea.

Passengers who pass a background check are eligible to use expedited screening lanes.

What matters is that they will belong to a private monopoly which developed them using public resources.

The use of privacy law to curb the tech giants in this instance feels slightly maladapted.

The best uses of 3D printers and virtual reality haven't been invented yet.

Almost all of the interior detail is of cast iron or plaster; the use of wood was minimized to insure fire safety.

A new survey by Harvard University finds more than two-thirds of young Americans disapprove of President Trump's use of Twitter.

A Knight Foundation focus-group survey of young people between ages 14 and 24 found they use.

"Whenever decisions are based on masses of data, you quickly get into a lot of ethical questions," notes Tan kiat How, chief executive of a singapore-based agency that is helping the government develop a voluntary code for the ethical use of ai.

A further concern is that the use of electronic means of payment leaves an electronic trail that contains a large amount of personal data.

A Knight Foundation focus-group survey of young people between ages 14 and 24 found they use "distributed trust" to verify stories.

Amazon.com, with its network of warehouses, also collects sales tax in every state that charges it, though third-party sellers who use the site don't have to.

Among the most popular: paternity and kinship testing, which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and families can use to track down kids put up for adoption.

As well as those chronic problems, the EU face an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency.

Because representative government presupposes an informed citizenry, the report supports full literacy; stresses the study of history and government, particularly American history and American government; and encourages the use of new digital technologies

But a group of researchers at Stanford University, led by Ilan Kroo, has suggested that airlines could take a more naturalistic approach to cutting jet-fuel use and it would not require them to buy new aircraft.

But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their li

Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal.

For H&M to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300 -plus stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.

Google and microsoft are among companies that already have these "single sign-on" systems that make it possible for users to log in just once but use many different services.

hire a personal stylist, or use the free styling of a store like J.Crew.

Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods—paintings, sculpture and architecture—and superfluous experiences—music, literature, religion and philosophy.

I use my bimonthly weigh-in results to get information about my nutrition as well.

If you and I parachuted back to Fortune 500 companies in 1990, we would see much less frequent use of terms like journey, mission, passion.

If you look hard enough, you'll find that many of the products we use every day—chewing gums, skin moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, antiperspirants, colognes, teeth whiteners, fabric softeners, vitamins—are

In addition, new digital technologies have allowed more rapid trading of equities, quicker use of information, and thus shortens attention spans in financial markers.

In fact, allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improve services to customers, by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers to focus on improving firms'efficiency.

It also pledged not to deploy AI whose use would violate international laws or human rights.

Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered vicwardian prose in which he specialized.

Most importantly, it constantly modifies and enhances the games you play to build on the strengths you are developing—much like an effective exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.

On June 7 Google pledged not to "design or deploy AI" that would cause "overall harm," or to develop AI-directed weapons or use AI for surveillance that would violate international norms.

On the other hand, Tronick himself is concerned that the worries about kids use of screens are born out of an "oppressive ideology that demands that parents should always be interacting" with their children.

Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new person

Radesky has studied the use of mobile phones and tablets at mealtimes by giving mother-child pairs a food-testing exercise.

Sadly, the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for publicizing "progressive, " or left- liberal propaganda.

Sellers that use eBay and Etsy, which provide platforms for smaller sellers, also haven't been collecting sales tax nationwide.

The coming use of autonomous vehicles, for example, poses thorny ethical questions.

The food industry will be alarmed that such senior doctors back such radical moves, especially the call to use some of the tough tactics that have been deployed against smoking over the last decade.

The system might use a smart identity card, or a digital credential linked to a specific computer, and would authenticate users at a range of online services.

The Taylor decision also declared sex discrimination in jury selection to be unconstitutional and ordered states to use the same procedures for selecting male and female jurors.

The use of this little-known practice has accelerated in recent years, as colleges continue to do their utmost to keep students in school and paying tuition and improve their graduation rates.

These days, because leisure time is relatively scarce for most workers, people use their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional demands of their jobs.

These gave banks more freedom to use models to value illiquid assets and more flexibility in recognizing losses on long- term assets in their income statements.

These two academics use an array of behavioral research to show that the most rewarding ways to spend money can be counter-intuitive.

Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of "float" — it takes several days before a check is cashed and funds are withdrawn from the issuer's account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meant

Use your lunch and coffee breaks to meet up with colleagues you don't always see.

Whenever decisions are based on masses of data, "you quickly get into a lot of ethical questions," notes Tan kiat How, chief executive of a singapore-based agency that is helping the government develop a voluntary code for the ethical use of AI.

with so much focus on children's use of screens, it's easy for parents to forget about their own screen use.

with the use of eye-tracking technology, Julia minson of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government concluded that eye contact can signal very different kinds of messages, depending on the situation While eye contact may be a sign of connection or trust in

within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, t

词组搭配

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。

make use of

use for a purpose

使用，利用

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

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。

use up

To consume completely

用光，耗尽

used up all our money.
用光了我们所有的钱

实用场景例句

Trim off the excess pastry using a sharp knife...: 用一把快刀切去多余的饼皮。

He had simply used a little imagination...: 他只不过是用了一点点想象力。

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。

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。

He denied he had used drugs...: 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.: 你会发现绝大多数不吸海洛因的人都不喜欢吸食者。

Wash your hands after using the toilet...: 便后要洗手。

He asked whether he could use my bathroom.: 他问是否可以用我的卫生间。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Be careful she's not just using you...: 当心她不只是在利用你。

Why do I have the feeling I'm being used again?: 为什么我感觉又被利用了？

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。

...research related to microcomputers and their use in classrooms...: 关于微型电脑及其课堂使用的研究

You will no longer have a use for the magazines...: 你再也用不着这些杂志了。

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。

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。

She will have the use of the car one night a week.: 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...: 曾经一度手脚失去功能的年轻人

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。

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。

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。

Being a hospital Sister had its uses.: 在医院当护士有它的好处。

...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。

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。

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