disuse

英 [dɪs'juːs] 美 [dɪs'juːs]

• n. 废止
• v. 废止

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of something that has been unused and neglected;

   "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。
2. The spoon has been rusty from disuse.
   汤匙因弃置不用而生锈了。

经典引文

• The field-path to it is vanishing from disuse.

  出自： S. T. Warner

• This house is older than the water-pipes. There must be a disused well somewhere.

  出自： Conan Doyle

词汇搭配

• fall into disuse 废而不用
• disuse atrophy 废用性萎缩
• law of disuse 失用律
• come into disuse 废弃

近反义词

【近义词】

• neglect 忽略
• nonuse 不使用(不形成习惯...
• desuetude 废止
• abandonment 放弃
• unemployment 失业
• dereliction 废弃