utility
英 [juːˈtɪləti]
美 [ju'tɪləti]
- n. 實用；效用；公共設施；功用
- adj. 實用的；通用的；有多種用途的
中文詞源
utility 功用，公用事業來自拉丁語uti, 使用，利用，用來指功用，公用事業。
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《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. The utility focuses on geometry only at point.
- 在這點上,utility僅僅聚焦幾何條件.
來自互聯網
- 5. Even the survey's most rabid critics acknowledge the utility of this kind of data.
- 連該調查最狂熱的批評者也承認這類數據的用處.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》