utility / yuˈtɪl ɪ ti /

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utility2 个定义

n. 名词 noun

plural u·til·i·ties.

  1. the state or quality of being useful; usefulness: This chemical has no utility as an agricultural fertilizer.
  2. something useful; a useful thing.
  3. a public service, as a telephone or electric-light system, a streetcar or railroad line, or the like.Compare public utility.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. raised or kept as a potentially profitable product rather than for show or as pets: utility breeds; utility livestock.
  2. having or made for a number of useful or practical purposes rather than a single, specialized one: a utility knife.
  3. designed chiefly for use or service rather than beauty, high quality, or the like: a utility vehicle; utility furniture.

utility 近义词

n. 名词 noun

serviceableness

更多utility例句

  1. The restaurant, which, according to the post, is only bringing in about 10 percent of the revenue it did before the pandemic, still has rent, payroll, and utilities to cover.
  2. Scores of utilities announced their own voluntary moratoriums.
  3. The utility giant announced that two of its employees lost their jobs over allegations they had taken bribes from the company, known as Bay Area Concrete Recycling.
  4. They also advise passing on REITs, telecom, and multi-utilities.
  5. In getting the patent, Cansino had to demonstrate that its candidate qualifies as an invention, meaning that it was able to show a new “inventive step” and “utility,” says Mercurio.
  6. But those weapons are of limited utility, especially during close-in fights.
  7. In essence, he “invented” the idea of a utility company, which would power the light bulbs and other devices people might plug in.
  8. According to the courts, the Internet is not considered a utility and therefore not subject to such regulations.
  9. In 2010, in what it says was the first such effort by a U.S. utility, APS placed panels on 125 homes in Flagstaff—for no charge.
  10. Much like Cosmo itself, the slideshow is pretty to look at but lacking in substance and utility.
  11. To place wit above sense is to place superfluity above utility.
  12. These Eskimos were very fond of kite-flying, for its own sake, without reference to utility!
  13. They have well established their utility in different parts of the kingdom, and any number would sell.
  14. It will therefore prove an investigation of greater utility to the public than anything yet introduced.
  15. There is no wood of any size to be procured among the islands, which is a great drawback upon its utility as a port.