utility
英 [juːˈtɪləti]
美 [ju'tɪləti]
- n. 实用；效用；公共设施；功用
- adj. 实用的；通用的；有多种用途的
中文词源
utility 功用，公用事业来自拉丁语uti, 使用，利用，用来指功用，公用事业。
英文词源
- utility
- utility: see use
- utility (n.)
- late 14c., "fact of being useful," from Old French utilite "usefulness" (13c., Modern French + utilité), earlier utilitet (12c.), from Latin utilitatem (nominative utilitas) "usefulness, serviceableness, profit," from utilis "usable," from uti (see use (v.)). Meaning "a useful thing" is from late 15c. As a shortened form of public utility it is recorded from 1930.
双语例句
- 1. Belief in the utility of higher education is shared by students nationwide.
- 全国的学生都相信高等教育是有用的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A fur coat has more utility in winter than in autumn.
- 毛皮外衣在冬天比在秋天更有用.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. This ware is suitable for decorative purpose but unsuitable for utility.
- 这种器皿中看不中用.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. The utility focuses on geometry only at point.
- 在这点上,utility仅仅聚焦几何条件.
来自互联网
- 5. Even the survey's most rabid critics acknowledge the utility of this kind of data.
- 连该调查最狂热的批评者也承认这类数据的用处.
来自《简明英汉词典》