utility意思

1. 实用（性），有用，有益
2. 公用事业
3. 【哲】功利主义 ，功利
4. 公用事业公司
5. 公用事业公司股票
6. 有用之物
7. 公用程序
8. 实用程序
9. 应用程序
10. 【经】效用
11. 【戏】跑龙套的演员
12. 用途
13. 实用价值
14. 实用品

1. 实用的
2. 有多种用途的，多用途的
3. 经济实惠的
4. （用于）公用事业的
5. 通用的，通用性的
6. 为经济利益而饲养的，为谋利而饲养的
7. 多效用的， 多功能的
8. 各种工作都会做的
9. 公用事业公司股票价格的
10. 重实效的
11. 能打各种位置的
12. 次等的
13. 二级的

1. a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
2. the quality of being of practical use
3. the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility;

   "the cost of utilities never decreases"
   "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"
   

4. (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
5. (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer;

   "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"
   

6. a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal;

   "the price of the house included all utilities"
   

1. used of beef; usable but inferior
2. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team;

   "a utility infielder"
   

1.功用;效用;实用
Theutility of something is its usefulness.

e.g. Belief in theutility of higher education is shared by students nationwide...
全国的学生都相信高等教育是有用的。
e.g. He inwardly questioned theutility of his work.
他内心质疑自己的工作是否有用。

2.公用事业
Autility is an important service such as water, electricity, or gas that is provided for everyone, and that everyone pays for.

e.g. ...public utilities such as gas, electricity and phones.
煤气、电和电话等公用事业

• increase utility提高效用
• lose utility失去效用

• a great utility很有用
• a little utility实用性很小
• marginal utility边际效用
• practical utility实用性
• public utility公用事业
• economic utility经济效用

• utility vehicle多用途车辆

• utility in winter在冬天的用处

• She was a 'superflous person', 'Of no utility' in this world.

  出自：A. S. Byatt

• The PLO accepted the diplomatic utility of this.

  出自：Guardian

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的utilite，意为有用；最初源自拉丁语的utilitatem，意为有用。