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口语体口语化或口语用法 Colloquial style or quality.
松鼠,啮齿类动物的代表;举例介绍每一个生词的用法 The squirrel, an example of a rodent; introduced each new word with examples of its use.
别再争辩逗号的用法了. Stop quibbling about the use of the comma.
要想了解某词的用法, 查《进修词典》. If you want to know how a word is used, look the word up in the Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
不合规则的用法错误的 Not in correct usage.
上流社会的上流社会的或适合于上流社会的,尤其是在语言用法上 Of or appropriate to the upper class, especially in language usage.
他连自己的五分钟时间都不愿拿出,证明他对这一个解决问题的方法不感兴趣,与前一段统计中不赞成这一同样用法的比率百分之九十三相比,没有什么大的差别 His unwillingness to give five minutes of his time proves that he is disinterested in finding a solution to the problem, a proportion that is not significantly different from the93 percent who disapproved of the same usage in an earlier survey.
这种用法现亦逐渐多见於现在时态。 It is also increasingly found in the present tense.
`他肺都气炸了,'一句中的`炸'字是比喻用法. `He exploded with rage' shows a figurative use of the verb `to explode'.