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

• The word has fallen into disuse.
  这词已不用了。
• The old bridge fell into disuse.
  这座旧桥废弃不用了。
• He gazed with admiration on the war chariots and glittering arms now reposing in disuse.
  他带着羡慕的目光凝视着被弃置不用的战车，和闪闪发光的武器。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Eventually the road ('s fallen to) fell into disuse as a major railway was completed, finally, people simply forgot about it,( this) that's how it came to be lost.
  最终这条路被停止作为主要的铁路，最后人们大多忘了它，这就是为何它消失了。
• 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。
• The wheel had long since rusted from years of disuse.
  多年不用的车轮早已锈迹斑斑。
• 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。