Microsoft documentation states that using has a double function (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zhdeatwt.aspx), both as a directive and in statements. As a statement, as it was pointed out here in other answers, the keyword is basically syntactic sugar to determine a scope to dispose an IDisposable object. As a directive, it is routinely used to import namespaces and types. Also as a directive, you can create aliases for namespaces and types, as pointed out in the book "C# 5.0 In a Nutshell: The Definitive Guide" (http://www.amazon.com/5-0-Nutshell-The-Definitive-Reference-ebook/dp/B008E6I1K8), by Joseph and Ben Albahari. One example:

namespace HelloWorld
{
    using AppFunc = Func<IDictionary<DateTime, string>, List<string>>;
    public class Startup
    {
        public static AppFunc OrderEvents() 
        {
            AppFunc appFunc = (IDictionary<DateTime, string> events) =>
            {
                if ((events != null) && (events.Count > 0))
                {
                    List<string> result = events.OrderBy(ev => ev.Key)
                        .Select(ev => ev.Value)
                        .ToList();
                    return result;
                }
                throw new ArgumentException("Event dictionary is null or empty.");
            };
            return appFunc;
        }
    }
}

这是一种明智的做法，因为滥用这种做法会损害代码的清晰性。在DotNetPearls (http://www.dotnetperls.com/using-alias)中有一个关于c#别名的很好的解释，也提到了优点和缺点。

“using”还可以用于解决名称空间冲突。

关于这个主题，我写了一个简短的教程，请参阅http://www.davidarno.org/c-howtos/aliases-overcoming-name-conflicts/。

可以通过以下示例使用别名命名空间:

using LegacyEntities = CompanyFoo.CoreLib.x86.VBComponents.CompanyObjects;

正如你所看到的，这被称为使用别名指令，它可以用来隐藏冗长的引用，如果你想在你的代码中明显地引用什么 如。

LegacyEntities.Account

而不是

CompanyFoo.CoreLib.x86.VBComponents.CompanyObjects.Account

或者简单地

Account   // It is not obvious this is a legacy entity

在过去，我经常使用它来处理输入和输出流。您可以很好地嵌套它们，这消除了您通常遇到的许多潜在问题(通过自动调用dispose)。例如:

        using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("c:\file.txt", FileMode.Open))
        {
            using (BufferedStream bs = new BufferedStream(fs))
            {
                using (System.IO.StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(bs))
                {
                    string output = sr.ReadToEnd();
                }
            }
        }

using关键字定义对象的作用域，然后在作用域完成时释放对象。为例。

using (Font font2 = new Font("Arial", 10.0f))
{
    // Use font2
}

请参阅这里关于c#使用关键字的MSDN文章。

using可以用来调用IDisposable。它还可以用于别名类型。

using (SqlConnection cnn = new SqlConnection()) { /* Code */}
using f1 = System.Windows.Forms.Form;