English-Thai Dictionary

use

N การทำงาน  usage utilization kan-tam-ngan

 

use

N การ ใช้  การ ใช้ประโยชน์  utilization dismissal kan-chai

 

use

N ความเคยชิน  ความคุ้นเคย  familiarity custom kwam-khoei-chin

 

use

N ประโยชน์  ประโยชน์ ใช้สอย  usefulness pra-yod

 

use

N วิธีการ ใช้  วิธีใช้  application method wi-thi-kan-chai

 

use

VT ปฏิบัติ ต่อ  แสดงออก  behave pa-ti-bad-to

 

use

VT หลอก ใช้  ใช้ ใน ทาง ไม่เหมาะสม  manipulate exploited lok-chai

 

use

VT ใช้  ใช้ประโยชน์  ทำให้ เป็นประโยชน์  utilize chai

 

use

VT ใช้ เป็นประจำ  utilize chai-pen-pra-jam

 

use

VT ได้ประโยชน์ จาก  benefir dai-pra-yod-jak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

USE

n.[L. urus. ] 1. The act of handling or employing in any manner, and for any purpose, but especially for a profitable purpose; as the use of a pen in writing; the use of books in study; the use of a spade in digging. Use is of two kinds; that which employs a thing, without destroying it or its form, as the use of a book or of a farm; or it is the employment of a thing which destroys or wastes it, as the use of bread for provision; the use of water for turning a mill.
2. Employment; application of any thing to a purpose, good or bad. It is our duty to make a faithful use of our opportunities and advantages for improvement.
Books can never teach the use of books.
3. Usefulness; utility; advantage; production of benefit. the value of a thing is to be estimated by its use. His friendship has been of use to me.
Tis use alone that sanctifies expense.
4. Need of employment, or occasion to employ. I have no further use for this book.
5. Power of receiving advantage. [Usual. ]
6. Continued practice or employment.
Sweetness, truth, and every grace, which time and use are wont to teach.
7. Custom; common occurrence.
O Cesar, these things are beyond all use. [Usual. ]
8. Interest; the premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money.
9. In law, the benefit or profit of lands and tenements. use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended, shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
Cestuy que use, in law, the person who has the use of lands and tenements.
Contingent use, in law. A contingent or springing use, is where the use is suspended on a future event.
Resulting use, is one which, being limited by the deed, expires or cannot vest, and results or returns to him who raised it, after such expiration.
Secondary or shifting use, is that which though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances.
1. In use, in employment; as, the book is now in use.
2. In customary practice or observance. Such words, rites and ceremonies, have long been in use.

 

USE

v.t.s as z. [L. uter, usus; Gr. ] 1. To employ; to handle, hold, occupy or move for some purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use a book; to use time. Most men use the right hand with more convenience than the left, and hence its name, right.
2. To waste, consume or exhaust by employment; as, to use flour for food; to use beer for drink; to use water for irrigation, or for turning the wheel of a mill.
3. To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; as men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
4. To treat; as, to use one well or ill; to use people with kindness and civility; to use a beast with cruelty.
Cato has us'd me ill.
5. To practice customarily.
Use hospitality one to another. 1 Peter 4:9.
To use one's self, to behave. Obs.

 

USE

v.i.s as z. 1. To be accustomed; to practice customarily.
They use to place him that shall be their captain on a stone.
2. To be wont.
Fears use to be represented in an imaginary fashion.
3. To frequent; to inhabit.
Where never foot did use.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

USE

Use, n. Etym: [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. See Use, v. t.]

 

1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use. Books can never teach the use of books. Bacon. This Davy serves you for good uses. Shak. When he framed All things to man's delightful use. Milton.

 

2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book. Shak.

 

3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility. God made two great lights, great for their use To man. Milton. 'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. Pope.

 

4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit. Let later age that noble use envy. Spenser. How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! Shak.

 

5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.] O Cæsar! these things are beyond all use. Shak.

 

6. (Eccl.)

 

Defn: The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc. From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use. Pref. to Book of Common Prayer.

 

7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs. ] Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him. Jer. Taylor.

 

8. Etym: [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L. opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. Operate. ] (Law )

 

Defn: The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.

 

9. (Forging )

 

Defn: A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging. Contingent, or Springing, use (Law ), a use to come into operation on a future uncertain event. -- In use. (a ) In employment; in customary practice observance. (b ) In heat; -- said especially of mares. J. H. Walsh. -- Of no use, useless; of no advantage. -- Of use, useful; of advantage; profitable. -- Out of use, not in employment. -- Resulting use (Law ), a use, which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to him who raised it, after such expiration. -- Secondary, or Shifting, use, a use which, though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances. Blackstone. -- Statute of uses (Eng. Law ), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap. 1 , which transfers uses into possession, or which unites the use and possession. -- To make use of, To put to use, to employ; to derive service from; to use.

 

USE

Use, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Used; p. pr. & vb. n. Using.] Etym: [OE. usen, F. user to use, use up, wear out, LL. usare to use, from L. uti, p. p. usus, to use, OL. oeti, oesus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Utility. ]

 

1. To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation. Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs. Shak. Some other means I have which may be used. Milton.

 

2. To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly. "I will use him well. " Shak. How wouldst thou use me now Milton. Cato has used me ill. Addison.

 

3. To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business. Use hospitality one to another. 1 Pet. iv. 9.

 

4. To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger. I am so used in the fire to blow. Chaucer. Thou with thy compeers, Used to the yoke, draw'st his triumphant wheels. Milton. To use one's self, to behave. [Obs. ] "Pray, forgive me, if I have used myself unmannerly. " Shak. -- To use up. (a ) To consume or exhaust by using; to leave nothing of; as, to use up the supplies. (b ) To exhaust; to tire out; to leave no capacity of force or use in; to overthrow; as, he was used up by fatigue. [Colloq. ]

 

Syn. -- Employ. -- Use, Employ. We use a thing, or make use of it, when we derive from it some enjoyment or service. We employ it when we turn that service into a particular channel. We use words to express our general meaning; we employ certain technical terms in reference to a given subject. To make use of, implies passivity in the thing; as, to make use of a pen; and hence there is often a material difference between the two words when applied to persons. To speak of "making use of another " generally implies a degrading idea, as if we had used him as a tool; while employ has no such sense. A confidential friend is employed to negotiate; an inferior agent is made use of on an intrigue. I would, my son, that thou wouldst use the power Which thy discretion gives thee, to control And manage all. Cowper. To study nature will thy time employ: Knowledge and innocence are perfect joy. Dryden.

 

USE

USE Use, v. i.

 

1. To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to, " and "used to. " They use to place him that shall be their captain on a stone. Spenser. Fears use to be represented in an imaginary. Bacon. Thus we use to say, it is the room that smokes, when indeed it is the fire in the room. South. Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp. Ex. xxxiii. 7 (Rev. Ver. )

 

2. To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of. [Obs. ] "Where never foot did use. " Spenser. He useth every day to a merchant's house. B. Jonson. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

use

use |juz | ▶verb 1 |yo͞oz juːz | [ with obj. ] take, hold, or deploy (something ) as a means of accomplishing a purpose or achieving a result; employ: she used her key to open the front door | the poem uses simple language. • take or consume (an amount ) from a limited supply of something: we have used all the available funds. • exploit (a person or situation ) for one's own advantage: I couldn't help feeling that she was using me. • treat (someone ) in a particular way: use your troops well and they will not let you down. • apply (a name or title ) to oneself: she still used her maiden name professionally. • (one could use ) informal one would like or benefit from: I could use another cup of coffee. • informal take (an illegal drug ): they were using heroin daily | [ no obj. ] : had she been using again? 2 |yo͞ost | [ in past ] (used to ) describing an action or state of affairs that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past: this road used to be a dirt track | I used to give him lifts home. 3 |yo͞ost | (be /get used to ) be or become familiar with someone or something through experience: she was used to getting what she wanted | he's weird, but you just have to get used to him. ▶noun |yo͞os jus |the action of using something or the state of being used for some purpose: a member of staff is present when the pool is in use | theater owners were charging too much for the use of their venues. • the ability or power to exercise or manipulate something, esp. one's mind or body: the horse lost the use of his hind legs. • a purpose for or way in which something can be used: the herb has various culinary uses. • the value or advantage of something: it was no use trying to persuade her | what's the use of crying? • Law, historical the benefit or profit of lands, esp. lands that are in the possession of another who holds them solely for the beneficiary. • the characteristic ritual and liturgy of a church or diocese. • the action of taking or habitual consumption of a drug. PHRASES have its (or one's ) uses informal be useful on certain occasions or in certain respects. have no use for be unable to find a purpose for; have no need for: he had no use for a single glove. • informal dislike or be impatient with. make use of use for a purpose. • benefit from: they were educated enough to make use of further training. use and wont formal established custom. use someone's name quote someone as an authority or reference. PHRASAL VERBS use something up consume or expend the whole of something: the money was soon used up. • find a purpose for something that is left over: I might use up all my odd scraps of wool to make a scarf. • (be used up ) informal (of a person ) be worn out, esp. with overwork: she was tired and used up. ORIGIN 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. usage: 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 awkwardly old-fashioned, and the use with do is broadly accepted as standard, as in did she use to come here? Negative constructions with do, on the other hand (as in it didn't use to be like that ), although 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 movies all the time (not we use to go to the movies ). 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 ). See also usage at utilize .

 

Oxford Dictionary

use

use ▶verb |juːz | [ with obj. ] 1 take, hold, or deploy (something ) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ: she used her key to open the front door | the poem uses simple language. • [ with obj. and adverbial ] treat (someone ) in a particular way: use your troops well and they will not let you down. • exploit (a person or situation ) for one's own advantage: I couldn't help feeling that she was using me. • apply (a name or title ) to oneself: she still used her maiden name professionally. 2 take or consume (an amount ) from a limited supply: we have used all the available funds. • take (an illegal drug ). 3 |juːst | [ in past, with infinitive ] (used to ) describing an action or situation that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past: this road used to be a dirt track | I used to give him lifts home. 4 |juːst | (be /get used to ) be or become familiar with (someone or something ) through experience: she was used to getting what she wanted | he's weird, but you just have to get used to him. 5 (one could use ) informal one would like or benefit from: I could use another cup of coffee. ▶noun |juːs | [ mass noun ] 1 the action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose: hyper-modern trains are now in use | theatre owners were charging too much for the use of their venues. • the ability or power to exercise or manipulate one's mind or body: the horse lost the use of his hind legs. • [ count noun ] a purpose for or way in which something can be used: the herb has various culinary uses. 2 the value or advantage of something: it was no use trying to persuade her | what's the use of crying? • Law, historical the benefit or profit of lands, especially lands that are in the possession of another who holds them solely for the beneficiary. 3 the habitual consumption of a drug. 4 the characteristic ritual and liturgy of a Christian Church or diocese. PHRASES have its (or one's ) uses informal be useful in certain respects. have no use for informal dislike or be impatient with. make use of use for a purpose. • benefit from: they were educated enough to make use of further training. use and wont formal established custom. use someone's name cite someone as an authority or reference. PHRASAL VERBS use something up consume or expend the whole of something: the money was soon used up. • (be used up ) informal (of a person ) be exhausted or emotionally drained: she was tired and used up. ORIGIN 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. usage: 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 she 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.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

use

use verb 1 she used her key to open the front door: utilize, make use of, avail oneself of, employ, work, operate, wield, ply, apply, maneuver, manipulate, put to use, put /press into service. 2 the court will use its discretion in making an order: exercise, employ, bring into play, practice, apply, exert, bring to bear. 3 he just felt used: take advantage of, exploit, manipulate, take liberties with, impose on, abuse; capitalize on, profit from, trade on, milk; informal walk all over. 4 we have used all the available funds: consume, get /go through, exhaust, deplete, expend, spend; waste, fritter away, squander, dissipate, run out of. ▶noun 1 the use of such weapons: utilization, usage, application, employment, operation, manipulation. 2 what is the use of that? advantage, benefit, service, utility, usefulness, help, good, gain, avail, profit, value, worth, point, object, purpose, sense, reason. 3 composers have not found much use for the device: need, necessity, call, demand, requirement.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

use

use verb 1 she used her key to open the front door: utilize, make use of, avail oneself of, employ, work, operate, wield, ply, apply, manoeuvre, manipulate, put to use, put into service, find a use for, resort to. 2 the court will use its discretion in making an order: exercise, employ, apply, exert, bring into play, practise, implement, draw on. 3 use your troops well and they will not let you down: manage, handle, treat, behave towards, act towards, conduct oneself towards, deal with. 4 he may be innocent, but his sort use people like us: take advantage of, exploit, make use of, manipulate, take liberties with, capitalize on, profit from, trade on, milk, impose on, abuse, misuse, mistreat, maltreat, treat lightly, trifle with, play with; informal cash in on, bleed, walk all over, play someone for a sucker. 5 I'm afraid I've used up all the eggs: consume, get through, go through, exhaust, deplete, expend, spend, waste, fritter away, squander, dissipate. ▶noun 1 they renounced the use of such weapons: utilization, application, usage, employment, operation, manipulation, manoeuvring. 2 his use of other people for his own ends: exploitation, manipulation; abuse, misuse, mistreatment, maltreatment. 3 what is the use of that? usefulness, advantage, benefit, service, utility, help, good, gain, avail, profit, value, worth, point, object, motive, aim, goal, purpose, sense, reason. 4 composers do not seem to have found much use for the device: need, necessity, call, demand, occasion, purpose, reason, cause, grounds, justification, requirement, excuse.

 

French Dictionary

usé

usé , ée adj. adjectif 1 Abîmé par l ’usure. : Des chaussures usées. SYNONYME détérioré . Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec usagé, qui a servi, mais qui est encore en bon état. 2 Banal, rebattu. : Un sujet usé, des plaisanteries usées. SYNONYME démodé . 3 Affaibli. : Cet homme est très usé par la maladie. SYNONYME épuisé .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

use

use /juːz / (! 動詞 と 名詞 で発音が異なるので注意 ) 〖語源は 「しきたり 習慣を守る 」〗(形 )used, useful, useless, (名 )usage, user 動詞 ～s /-ɪz /; ～d /-d /; using 他動詞 1 〈人などが 〉 «…のために /…するために /…として » 〈道具 方法 表現 場所など 〉を使う , 用いる, 使用する; 〈言葉 用語 〉を用いる ; 〈能力など 〉を働かせる; 〈武力など 〉を行使する «for /to do , for do ing /as » (→utilize )▸ use a computer for work 仕事のためにコンピュータを使う ▸ use oil for frying 揚げものに油を使う ▸ That room can be used as a dining room .その部屋は食堂として使うことができる ▸ Use your imagination to find the answer .答えを見つけるために想像力を働かせなさい ▸ use a knee injury as an excuse to avoid PE ひざのけがを体育の授業に出ない言い訳として使う 2 〈電話など 〉を借りる , 使う ; ｟丁寧に ｠〈トイレなど 〉に行く (→borrow 類義 )▸ Can I use your phone [the bathroom ]?お電話 [トイレ ]をお借りしていいですか 3 〈人 機械などが 〉〈食料 金 エネルギーなど 〉を消費する , 費やす ▸ use one's time in reading 読書に時間を費やす ▸ This air conditioner uses little electricity .この冷暖房装置はほとんど電力を消費しない ｟作文のポイント ｠アリーは洋服に大金を使う .× Allie uses a lot of money on clothes .○ Allie spends a lot of money on clothes .❢use moneyは 「お金をわいろとして使う 」のように手段として使う場合の表現 .4 a. 〈人が 〉〈人など 〉を扱う (treat )▸ use A well [ill ]A 〈人 〉を親切に扱う [虐待する ]b. ｟非難して ｠〈人が 〉 «…のために /…するために » 〈人など 〉を利用 [悪用 ]する (exploit ) «for /to do » ▸ use children for one's own ends 子供を食い物にする ▸ I only used him to make you jealous .私はあなたにやきもちを焼かせるために彼を利用しただけよ 5 〈人が 〉 «…のために /…するために » 〈物 事 〉を利用する , 役立てる «for /to do » ▸ use every opportunity for promotion [to get a job ]昇進のために [職を得るために ]あらゆる機会を利用する 6 〈商品など 〉を愛用する ▸ What brand of golf ball do you use ?どのブランドのゴルフボールをいつもお使いですか 7 〈車が 〉〈道路 〉を通行する ▸ prohibit trucks from using residential streets トラックの住宅街の通行を禁止する 8 ｟主に米 ｠〈酒 タバコ 〉を飲む; 〈麻薬など 〉を常用する .9 〈偽名など 〉を名乗る .自動詞 1 →used to 語法 (1 ).2 ｟俗 ｠(麻薬を )やる, 常用している .3 (製品を )使う ▸ Cool before using .使用前に冷やしてください c ò uld ú se A ｟話 ｠1 〈人が 〉A 〈事 物 〉をいただけるとありがたい, Aがあってもいい ▸ I could use some help .手伝ってもらえるとうれしいんですが ▸ I think I could use a drink .飲み物をいただければと思います .2 〈物が 〉A 〈事 人 〉を必要とする (need )▸ This room could use cleaning .この部屋は掃除する必要がある ù se A ú p [ú p A ]1 A 〈物 〉を使い果たす ▸ use up the stores of food 食料の蓄えを消費しつくす 2 〖be ～d up 〗〈人が 〉疲れ果てる ▸ I'm completely used up .私はすっかり疲れてしまった 名詞 /juːs /複 ～s /-ɪz /1 U 〖時にa ～〗a. 使用 , 用いること, 利用 ; 使用量 ▸ stand long use 長い使用に耐える ▸ ban the use of nuclear weapons 核兵器の使用を禁止する ▸ The use of gasoline has increased in the past few years .ガソリンの使用量が過去数年で増加した b. «…を » 使う必要 [機会 ] «for » ▸ put money away for future use 将来使うときのために金を取っておく ▸ We don't have any use for this old desk .この古い机はもう使わない 2 U 〖具体例では 可算 〗a. «…の » 使い道 , 用途 «for » ; « …としての » 使用法, 用い方 «as » ▸ have a variety of uses さまざまな使い道がある ▸ find a use for that box その箱の用途を見つける ▸ the use of schools as community centers 地域センターとしての学校の利用法 b. 〖しばしば疑問文 否定文で 〗 «…の » 効用 , 有用 (性 ) «in » ▸ Is there any use in saying that sort of thing? そんな事を言って何になるのですか 3 U 使用する権利 [自由 ]; (体の一部 頭を )使用する能力 ▸ You'll have full use of my private jet .君は私の自家用ジェット機を自由に使っていいよ ▸ He lost the use of his legs .彼は足が不自由になった 4 C 〘文法 〙(単語などの )意味 ; 用法 ▸ the correct use of a word 語の正しい用法 5 U 名乗ること ; « …への » (名称などの )使用 «to » .6 U C ｟まれ ｠習慣, ならわし, しきたり .7 C (各教会特有の )儀式 .8 U 〘法 〙(土地などの )使用 ; (信託された土地などの )収益権 .be in ú se 〈装置 場所などが 〉使われている ▸ The machine is already in use in factories .その機械は工場ですでに使用されている be of (much [some ]) ú se ｟かたく ｠〈人 物が 〉【人にとって 】(大いに [いくらか ])役に立つ «to » ▸ I hope this information will be of some use .この情報が少しでも役に立つとよいのですが ▸ His advice was not of much use to me .彼の助言はあまり私の役に立たなかった be (of ) n ò ú se 〈人 物が 〉【人の 】役に立たない «to » (!ofの使用は ｟かたく ｠) ▸ This dictionary is (of ) no use to me .この辞書は私の役に立たない be out of ú se 〈装置 場所などが 〉使われていない .c ò me into ú se 〈物が 〉使われるようになる ▸ This term came into general use after the war .この用語は戦後一般に使われるようになった for the ú se of A 〈物が 〉A 〈人 〉が使うための ▸ locker rooms for the use of students 生徒が使うためのロッカールーム for ú se as A A 〈物 〉として使うために [の ]▸ dangerous chemicals for use as weapons 兵器として使用される危険な化学薬品 g ò out of ú se 〈物が 〉使われなくなる, すたれる .h à ve n ò ú se for A 1 A 〈人 物 〉の必要がない ; Aに用はない .2 A 〈人 物 〉をひどく嫌う, 軽べつする ▸ I have no use for people who are always complaining .不平ばかり言っている人は大嫌いだ h à ve one's ú ses ｟くだけた話 しばしばおどけて ｠〈人 物 事が 〉使い道がある ▸ Floppy disks still have their uses .フロッピーディスクはまだ役立つことがある it is n ò ú se do ing [｟まれ ｠to do ]｟話 ｠…してもむだだ ▸ It's no use arguing .議論をしてもむだだ ▸ It is no use crying over spilt milk .｟ことわざ ｠こぼれた牛乳を嘆いても仕方がない ; 「覆水 （ふくすい ）盆に返らず 」(╳ この表現の場合 ～ to cry … としない )It's n ò ú se! ｟話 ｠だめだ ▸ It's no use! We can't steer! だめだ . 操縦がきかない m à ke (…) ú se of A ｟書 ｠A 〈物 〉を (…に )利用する, 使う (!｟コーパス ｠(…)はgood, the best, full, extensiveなど ) ▸ She made good [the best, maximum ] use of her opportunity .彼女は機会をうまく [最大限 ]利用した ▸ No other use is made of this information .この情報はほかのいかなる目的にも使用されません (!このようにuseを主語にした受け身も可能 ) p ù t A to g ò od ú se A 〈知識 技術など 〉を (ある目的に )利用する ▸ put one's experience to good use 自分の経験を十分に生かす p ù t A to ú se [to ú se A ]A 〈物 〉を使う, 利用する ▸ I know how to put the money to use .その金の使い方は承知している there is n ò ú se (in ) do ing ＝it is no use doing .Wh à t's the ú se (of do ing ) …?｟話 ｠…して何の役に立つのか (!反語的に ) ▸ What's the use of crying ?泣いて何になるのか with ú se 使うにつれて, 使用しているうちに .