usedの意味・使い方・発音

used

英 [juːzd] 美 [just]

used (adj.): "second-hand," 1590s, past participle adjective from use (v.). To be used to "accustomed, familiar" is recorded by late 14c. Verbal phrase used to "formerly did or was" (as in I used to love her) represents a construction attested from c. 1300, and common from c. 1400, from use (intransitive) "be accustomed, practice customarily," but now surviving only in past tense form. The pronunciation is affected by the t- of to. Used-to-be (n.) "one who has outlived his fame" is from 1853.

1. Too bad he used his intelligence for criminal purposes.: 彼は聡明さを犯罪に使ってしまった。もったいない。

2.Acupressure is used to release tension spots in the shoulders and neck.: 指圧マッサージ肩と首の緊張を緩和するために使用します。

3.Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law.: アイゼンハワーは、彼の影響力で国会を説得してこの法律を改正した。

4.These expressions are often used interchangeably,but they do have different meanings.: これらの表現はしばしば相互に置き換えて使用されるが、その意味は異なる。

5.They used force to banish the natives from the more fertile land.: 彼らは武力を使って先住民を比較的肥沃な土地から追放した。