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。

并不是说它非常重要，而是使用它还可以用来动态地更改资源。

是的，正如前面提到的，是一次性的，但是可能您特别不希望在执行的其余时间内它们与其他资源不匹配。所以你要把它处理掉，这样它就不会影响到其他地方。

using子句用于定义特定变量的作用域。

例如:

Using(SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString)
{
    Conn.Open()

    // Execute SQL statements here.
    // You do not have to close the connection explicitly
    // here as "USING" will close the connection once the
    // object Conn goes out of the defined scope.
}

Rhino模拟记录回放语法有趣地使用了using。

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”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/。