• 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

來自拉丁語uti, 使用，利用，用來指功用，公用事業(yè)。

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.

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》