use a fax machine
use 后接名词短语,表示使用某设备。
I need to use a fax machine to send this document.
我需要用传真机发送这份文件。
传真机
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传真机
A device that sends and receives copies of documents over a telephone line and prints them.
I need to use a fax machine to send this document.
我需要用传真机发送这份文件。
扫描、传输、接收并打印通过电话传送的文档的设备。
A device which scans, transmits, receives and prints documents (faxes) transmitted by telephone.
I need to send this document, but the fax machine is out of order.
我需要发送这份文件,但传真机坏了。
Before email became common, we used a fax machine to send contracts.
在电子邮件普及之前,我们用传真机发送合同。
Could you show me how to operate the fax machine?
你能教我怎么操作这台传真机吗?
use 后接名词短语,表示使用某设备。
I need to use a fax machine to send this document.
我需要用传真机发送这份文件。
the fax machine 作主语,后接系表结构描述状态。
The fax machine is very old.
这台传真机很旧了。
by 后接设备名词表示方式,常省略冠词。
You can send a fax by fax machine from the office.
你可以在办公室用传真机发传真。
Not this
I have fax machine in my office.
Use this
I have a fax machine in my office.
在英语中,可数名词单数前需要加冠词,这里 fax machine 是可数名词,所以要用 a 或 the。
Not this
We have two fax machine on the desk.
Use this
We have two fax machines on the desk.
fax machine 的复数形式是 fax machines,在表示多个时要加 -s。
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