utility
                
          英 [ju??t?l?ti]
美 [ju't?l?ti]
        
                
          
            - n. 實(shí)用;效用;公共設(shè)施;功用
- adj. 實(shí)用的;通用的;有多種用途的
 
        
                
                中文詞源
        
        utility 功用,公用事業(yè)來自拉丁語uti, 使用,利用,用來指功用,公用事業(yè)。
 
                英文詞源
        
        - 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.
雙語例句
        
        - 1. Belief in the utility of higher education is shared by students nationwide. 
- 全國的學(xué)生都相信高等教育是有用的。
來自柯林斯例句
 
- 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
 
- 3. This ware is suitable for decorative purpose but unsuitable for utility. 
- 這種器皿中看不中用.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
 
- 4. The utility focuses on geometry only at point. 
- 在這點(diǎn)上,utility僅僅聚焦幾何條件.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
 
- 5. Even the survey's most rabid critics acknowledge the utility of this kind of data. 
- 連該調(diào)查最狂熱的批評者也承認(rèn)這類數(shù)據(jù)的用處.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》