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

• 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。
• However, they fell into disuse in the late Qing and Republican period and are now in ruins.
  它的废毁是在晚清民国时期，今天大多已沦为荒城。
• This rule has sink into disuse.
  这条原则渐被废弃了。
• 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。
• 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 word has fallen into disuse.
  这词已不用了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The old bridge fell into disuse.
  这座旧桥废弃不用了。
• Regulators may also have to invent new tools or revive ones that have fallen into disuse.
  此外，监管机构还必须发明新的工具，或重新捡起那些弃用的工具。