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utility

/yoo-til-i-tee/US // yuˈtɪl ɪ ti //UK // (juːˈtɪlɪtɪ) //

公用事业,公用设施,实用性,实用工具

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural u·til·i·ties.

    • : the state or quality of being useful; usefulness: This chemical has no utility as an agricultural fertilizer.
    • : something useful; a useful thing.
    • : a public service, as a telephone or electric-light system, a streetcar or railroad line, or the like.Compare public utility.
    • : Often utilities. a useful or advantageous factor or feature: the relative utilities of a religious or a secular education.
    • : Economics. the capacity of a commodity or a service to satisfy some human want.
    • : the principle and end of utilitarian ethics; well-being or happiness; that which is conducive to the happiness and well-being of the greatest number.
    • : Computers. utility program.
    • : utilities, stocks or bonds of public utilities.
    • : a grade of beef immediately below commercial.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : raised or kept as a potentially profitable product rather than for show or as pets: utility breeds; utility livestock.
    • : having or made for a number of useful or practical purposes rather than a single, specialized one: a utility knife.
    • : designed chiefly for use or service rather than beauty, high quality, or the like: a utility vehicle; utility furniture.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • Scores of utilities announced their own voluntary moratoriums.

  • 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.

  • They also advise passing on REITs, telecom, and multi-utilities.

  • 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.

  • But those weapons are of limited utility, especially during close-in fights.

  • In essence, he “invented” the idea of a utility company, which would power the light bulbs and other devices people might plug in.

  • According to the courts, the Internet is not considered a utility and therefore not subject to such regulations.

  • 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.

  • Much like Cosmo itself, the slideshow is pretty to look at but lacking in substance and utility.

  • To place wit above sense is to place superfluity above utility.

  • These Eskimos were very fond of kite-flying, for its own sake, without reference to utility!

  • They have well established their utility in different parts of the kingdom, and any number would sell.

  • It will therefore prove an investigation of greater utility to the public than anything yet introduced.

  • There is no wood of any size to be procured among the islands, which is a great drawback upon its utility as a port.