Used To
In this lesson, you'll learn about the different meanings of the phrase used to. This is very common in English and has several different meanings.
The different meanings of the phrase used to are listed below.
1) To be used to means to be accustomed to, or to be familiar with. For example:
| I am used to the warm weather. | 我习惯了温暖的天气。 |
| I’m used to leaving work late. | 我习惯工作到很晚。 |
| He is used to the noise of the traffic. | 他习惯了交通噪音。 |
2) When used to follows a noun or pronoun it means an action was repeated in the past, but does not currently happen. For example:
| I used to drive to work, but now I walk to work. | 我以前开车上班，但现在我走路去上班。 |
| I used to put two teaspoons of sugar in my coffee, but now I don’t put any sugar in. | 我习惯把糖两茶匙在我的咖啡，但是现在我不把任何糖。 |
| They used to visit almost every weekend, but now that they’ve moved away, we rarely ever see them. | 他们用几乎每个周末参观，但现在他们已经搬走了，我们很少看到过他们。 |
3) Used to can also be the past tense of the verb phrase "use to". For example:
| What did you use to fix it? I used a hammer to fix it. | 什么你用它来解决这个问题？我用锤子来解决它。 |
| What do they use the apples for? They use them to make apple pie. | 他们是怎么使用的苹果呢？他们用他们做苹果派。 |
| We used it to store our extra clothes. | 我们用它来存储多余的衣服。 |
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