disuse

英 [dɪsˈjuːs]

美 [dɪsˈjuːs]

n.  不用; 废弃

TEM8

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 word has fallen into disuse.
  这词已不用了。
• 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。
• The factory had gradually fallen into disuse.
  这个工厂渐渐废弃不用了。
• His vocal organs began to deteriorate from disuse.
  他的发音器官由于长年不用而开始退化。
• 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 old bridge fell into disuse.
  这座旧桥废弃不用了。