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  *用* | 用* | *用
to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore
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need not
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useful
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in common usage
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to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of
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to act on; to affect / action; function; activity / impact; result; effect / purpose; intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用, inhibition
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to put to use; to apply / practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) / application; practical use / (computing) app
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to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize
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to adopt / to employ / to use
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cost / expenditure / expense / CL: 筆|笔, 個|个
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to be applicable
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useless
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to use / to put to use
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to apply in practice / practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)
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to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
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trustworthiness / (commerce) credit / (literary) to trust and appoint
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special / dedicated
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to quote; to cite / to recommend; to appoint / (computing) reference
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side effect
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to choose for some purpose / to select and use
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to try sth out / to be on probation
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efficacious / useful
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to occupy
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to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
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home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money
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to utilize / to put sth to use
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(for) civilian use
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to take (medicine)
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to misuse / to abuse
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to employ / to hire
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reserve / spare / alternate / backup
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public / for public use
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to eat; to consume / edible
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useful / helpful / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4]
to withstand heavy use / durable
to prohibit the use of sth / to ban / (computing) to disable
drink / drinking or drinkable (water)
medicinal use / pharmaceutical
to reuse
(attributive) commercial
to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage
(for) military use / military application
to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
to lease / to hire / to rent (sth from sb)
to start using / (computing) to enable (a feature)
to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
function
to hire (an employee) / to accept (a manuscript) for publication
to shift (funds) / to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another / to embezzle / to misappropriate
durable
dual-use
to use illegitimately; to misappropriate; to embezzle
to implement / to use
to have (sth) for one's own use / (literary) to be opinionated
external
daily expenses / of everyday use
to enjoy / to reap the benefits (of sth)
comfortable / feeling well
to expropriate / to commandeer
adequate / sufficient / enough
to misuse
for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler
to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
to share / to use in common / suitable / fit for purpose / useable
to live frugally
to employ; to hire
to promote / to reinstate (in a position or job)
to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)
to use (two words etc) together / to use (sth) continuously
to be of use
to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use
to need sth urgently / urgently required
to study sth in order to apply it
to keep for use / to retain sth / to keep sb in his job
to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
to use sth to the full / to make the best use of everything
to exchange for (sth of equal value or utility); to use in lieu; to redeem (a coupon etc); to use to offset (an amount owed etc)
obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom) / a sledgehammer to crack a nut
to use (sth) in an ingenious way / marvelously effective use
incidental expenses / sundries / pocket money
have sth ready just in case / keep sth for possible future use
to assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task
to use (sth) for a purpose other than its original one; to adapt (tools, methods etc) for another purpose
to use habitually / usual / conventional
to quote / to cite
to give oneself leeway (idiom) / to allow room for error
to share the use of; to have joint use of / communal (bathroom); shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ...
useless / worthless
multipurpose / having several uses
usefulness / effectiveness / (economics) utility
to use (sth) on its own
to misuse / to misapply
erosion
other use / other purpose
to economize; to be frugal
to access / to make use of
useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
a perception that doesn't reflect reality / a notion based on an erroneous belief

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