used
adj. 習慣於,適應
v. 使用,利用,運用; 服用; 消耗(use的過去式)
If something used to be done or used to be the case, it was done regularly in the past or was the case in the past.
People used to come and visit him every day...
人們過去每天都來拜訪他。
He used to be one of the professors at the School of Education...
他曾是教育學院的一名教授。
If something used not to be done or used not to be the case, it was not done in the past or was not the case in the past. The forms did not use to and did not used to are also found, especially in spoken English.
Borrowing used not to be recommended...
過去是不建議借貸的。
At some point kids start doing things they didn't use to do. They get more independent...
從某個時候起,孩子們開始做以前不曾做的事情。他們變得更加獨立。
If you are used to something, you are familiar with it because you have done it or experienced it many times before.
I'm used to having my sleep interrupted...
我習慣了睡覺時被吵醒。
It doesn't frighten them. They're used to it.
這可嚇不倒他們。他們已經習慣了。
If you get used to something or someone, you become familiar with it or get to know them, so that you no longer feel that the thing or person is unusual or surprising.
This is how we do things here. You'll soon get used to it...
我們這裡就是這麼做事的。你很快就會習慣的。
He took some getting used to...
他過了一段時間才慢慢適應。
1. employed in accomplishing something;
2. of persons; taken advantage of;
3. previously used or owned by another;
It used to be usual to bind out promising boys for many years.
過去,人們經常讓有出息的男孩子拜師學藝好多年.
Vinegar is used in preserving food.
醋可用來儲存食物.
In those remote mountains people used to farm by the slash and burn method.
那個偏僻山區,過去是刀耕火種.
The tools will corrode with rust if never used.
這些工具如長期不用會長鐵鏽而損壞.
The medicine is used to assuage pain.
這種藥用來止痛.