disuse

英 [dɪsˈjuːs]

美 [dɪsˈjuːs]

n.  不用; 废弃

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BNC.18962 / COCA.25336

牛津词典

noun

• 不用；废弃
  a situation in which sth is no longer being used
  1. The factory fell into disuse twenty years ago.
     这个工厂二十年前就废弃了。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 废弃;不用
  If something fallsinto disuse, people stop using it. If something becomes worse as a result ofdisuse, it becomes worse because no one uses it.
  1. ...a church which has fallen into disuse...
     废弃的教堂
  2. The wheel had long since rusted from years of disuse.
     多年不用的车轮早已锈迹斑斑。

英英释义

noun

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected
  1. the house was in a terrible state of neglect
  Synonym:neglect

双语例句

• This irrigation canal has fallen into disuse.
  这条渠荒废了。
• Their ideas had simply fallen into disuse and been forgotten.
  他们的意见压根儿未被采纳，并且给遗忘掉了。
• The farmhouse fell into disuse and decay.
  农舍被废弃，变得破烂不堪。
• Muscles can become weak with disuse.
  肌肉不用会变得软弱无力。
• He felt himself from disuse to be unfit for parochial duty.
  他觉得自己由于长期不工作，已经不适合做教区的职务了。
• That LAW on the right of inheritance has fallen into disuse.
  那项继承权法已经废止了。
• In recent years, scientists have determined that experience can readily alter the brain, as networks of neural synapses bloom in response to activity or wither with disuse.
  近年来，科学家们已经确定，经验可以很容易地改变大脑，因为神经突触网络会因为对活动作出反应而激增，也可能因为被弃置不用而萎缩。
• These methods here gradually fallen into disuse in the post-war years.
  这些方法在战后年代已逐渐废弃。
• The machine has become rusty from disuse. The rain has rusted the gate.
  机器已经因不用而生锈。雨水已使大门生锈了。
• The old customs have fallen away into disuse.
  旧的风俗习惯已废弃不用了。