When the Virginians captured the town, they sent the equipment south, where it was used to make guns for Confederate soldiers.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

And I think there was a time when that sense of dominion was used as justification for using those resources only to serve human needs.

我想，有一段时间里，这种统治感,被人们当做使用资源的借口,仅仅为了满足人类的需求。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

For instance, we used to have a car and when we would go grocery shopping,

比如说，我们曾有辆车，经常会开车去杂货店买东西。

与众不同的纽约 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

His father stacked wood used for building,when he had work.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

And then, when those things cease to have the form they had, the parts get used for other purposes.

当物体不再以它们之前的型相存在之后,每个组成它的部件会有其他的用途

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Kucinich says science has evolved since the 1920s when primates were first used for experimentation.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

You remember, thalidomide is the drug which was actually really most used as sleeping aid that when pregnant women took were shown to produce deformities, children who were born without limbs for example.

你应该知道这种药品,实际上它是用来辅助睡眠的,但是，如果孕妇吃了这种药,就可能造成胎儿畸形，可能生出来的婴儿是没有四肢的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Uranium enrichment is the process used to make fuel for nuclear power plants, but when extended it can also produce fissile material for an atomic bomb.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

So we just basically did some basic deep breathing, helping them to remember when they used to play, the way when they really enjoyed it, what was different for them.

我们只是进行一些基本的深呼吸，回想当年比赛时，是如何享受比赛，那时有什么不同。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"When you can't say for sure whether all the women in the advance provision group actually used the medication, then you're kind of looking at population level effect of a strategy, not the individual effect of a medication."

VOA: standard.2010.03.22