喜樂美語
  1. 1vB1/ˌriːˈjuːz/重複使用；再利用

    To use something a second time or many more times instead of throwing it away — either for the same job it did before, or for a new one.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei washes the glass jars after breakfast so her family can reuse them for storing beans.

    逐字美在早餐後洗那些玻璃罐，這樣她的家人就可以重複使用它們來裝豆子。

    「reuse」就是 re-（再一次）加上 use（使用）：東西還是原來那個東西，你只是再拿來用一次。它可以是「同樣的用途再用一次」（瓶子洗一洗再裝水），也可以是「換個新用途」（舊月曆的紙拿來做名牌）。最容易跟它搞混的是 recycle：reuse 是東西本身沒變，繼續用；recycle 是把東西送去工廠拆掉、變成新的材料。可以想成，reuse 讓一樣東西活得更久，recycle 讓它換一個身分重新出生。文法上 reuse 一定要接受詞（reuse the bottle），而且很常用被動：be reused。

    常見搭配

    • reuse a bag / bottle / container

      重複使用袋子／瓶子／容器

      to use the same bag or container again instead of taking a new one

      The supermarket encourages shoppers to reuse plastic bags.

    • be designed to be reused

      被設計成可以重複使用

      to be made in a way that lets people use it many times

      The bottles are designed to be reused up to 20 times.

    • reduce, reuse, recycle

      減量、重複使用、回收（環保三步驟）

      the three steps for making less rubbish: use less, use things again, and turn old things into new material

      Our school poster says: reduce, reuse, recycle.

    • reuse water

      水的再利用

      to clean used water so that it can be used again

      The garden uses rainwater, and the pond water is cleaned and reused.

    • reuse an existing building

      老建築再利用

      to keep an old building and use it for a new purpose instead of pulling it down

      The town reused an existing building as a small library.

    意思相近

    repurposeupcyclesalvage

core核心畫面

You can picture yourself holding something you have already finished with, and instead of dropping it in the bin, putting it back into service. The thing has a second life — sometimes doing the same job it did before, sometimes a completely new one.

可以想成手上拿著一個已經用過、正要丟掉的東西，結果你把手收回來，讓它再上場一次。畫面的重點是那個「本來要進垃圾桶、卻又被拉回來」的轉折：這個東西有了第二次生命——有時候還是做原來那件事（同一個玻璃瓶再裝一次水），有時候換了新工作（餅乾鐵盒拿來收針線）。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

過去式 reused過去分詞 reused-ing reusing三單 reuses

意思相近

repurposeupcyclesalvage

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

reusenoun/ɹiːˈjuːs/

  • 1

    The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.

  • 2

    The act of using again, or in another place.

    • Code reuse can save programmers a lot of typing.

reuseverb/ɹiːˈjuːs/

  • 1

    To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something else).

    • The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.
  • 2

    To use again, or in another place.

    • The estimated 2.7 million cubic metres of chalk and flint excavated from each tunnel (and then mixed with water to create slurry) will be treated and then reused to landscape the site and create a 127-hectare chalk grassland habitat.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。