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

• Preventive Effects of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields on Disuse Osteoporosis Rats and Its Mechanism
  脉冲电磁场对大鼠废用性骨质疏松的预防作用及其机制的初步探讨
• 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。
• The old customs have fallen away into disuse.
  旧的风俗习惯已废弃不用了。
• Until they fell into disuse and the site became the target of robbers and artifact hunters, the caves boasted thousands of images and relics for worship.
  他们弃用后，这个地方成了强盗和人类遗迹探寻者们的目标，这些洞穴宣称有成千上万个供朝拜的神像和遗迹。
• Any company that permits development artifacts to fall into disuse is simply wasting money.
  任何让开发构件尘封的公司无疑都在浪费自己的资金。
• The route was once much travelled but has fallen into disuse.
  这条路线旅行的人以前常走，但是现在已不用了。
• This irrigation canal has fallen into disuse.
  这条渠荒废了。
• 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。