dis·use
noun/dɪsˈjuːs/
/dɪsˈjuːs/
[uncountable]- a situation in which something is no longer being used
不用；废弃 - The factory fell into disuse twenty years ago.
这家工厂二十年前就废弃了。
Extra Examples- Her muscles had become weak through disuse.
由于不活动，她的肌肉变得虚弱无力。 - The workforce has shrunk to less than a thousand and much of the plant is in disuse.
工人减少到不足1,000 人，工厂的大部份已经废弃。 - Much of the factory is in disuse.
该厂的大部份已经废弃。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + disuse- be in
- fall into
- from disuse
- through disuse
- with disuse
- …
- a period of disuse
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘being unaccustomed’): from dis- (expressing negation) + the noun use. - The factory fell into disuse twenty years ago.