1. use意为“用;使用;运用”,单三形式为uses,例如:She uses knife to cut apples.她用刀子切水果;过去式为used,如:Tom used my pen last night昨晚汤姆用了我的钢笔;现在分词为using,如:Look, your mother is using new spoon. 看,你妈妈在用新勺子。后跟动词不定式,结构为: use sth. to do sth. 使用某物做某事。例如: You can use my new dictionary to look up the words. 你可以用我的字典查单词。
2. 区分used to do, be used to do与be used to doing.
(1)used to do 意为“曾经”。eg: I used to be a teacher, now I am a doctor. 曾经我是老师,现在我是医生。
(2) be used to do意为“被用来做某事”。
eg: Pencils are used to write English. 铅笔是用来写字的。
(3) be used to doing. 习惯于做某事;适宜于做某事
eg: I used to live a small village, but now I am used to living in big citylife. 我曾经居住在农村,但现在我习惯大城市的生活。
3.use sth to do 和use sth for doing 的区别:
两者都表示用…做某事,to do sth表示目的,for doing sth表示用途.二者意思基本相同 eg.I use my pen to write a letter.I use my pen for writing a letter.