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
 
                
                    
                                    
                
                                                                                        utility 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。
                 
                                                utility 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.
 
                
                                                    utility 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.
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- 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》