可以使用use，接不定式更多见。但和spend time doing sth语义上有点小区别,有时侧重有点不同。spend time doing sth,这里spend=take，表示花多长时间来做某事。而use time to do sth, use=make use of 经常用于表示利用某段时间来做某事。请看外媒例句并体会：

1. France must use this time to make its economy more competitive, he adds.

2.Use this time to explore as much as you can.

3.I also use this time to review and edit appraisals for rugs we've sold.

4. Meanwhile, I use the time to buy AAA batteries.

5. Nearly 600 million Chinese tourists are expected to use the time to travel abroad.

6.Allow me to use the time to describe the scene to you.

7. Workers will be able to use the days to receive medical attention, care for a relative or deal with omplications arising from domestic violence or sexual assault.

8.We basically used those days to go to Long Island and visit family.

9. Sometimes Mrs. Jean-Baptiste and her husband take turns using vacation days to cover the additional days.

10.They could use this time doing other productive things if their children didn't fall sick so often," says Village Headman Luka Nyanja.

11.This way, you are using the time doing something fun.