utility 音标拼音: [jut'ɪləti]
n . 实用程序,工具
n . 公用程序,实用品,实用,公用事业
a . 实用的,有多种用途的
实用程式,工具公用程式,实用品,实用,公用事业实用的,有多种用途的
utility 公用常式
utility 公用程式; 公用事业; 公用程式; 实用程式; 应用性; 应用程式
UTIL utility 公用程式
utility adj 1 :
used of beef ;
usable but inferior [
synonym : {
utility (
a )},
{
utility -
grade }]
2 :
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team ; "
a utility infielder " [
synonym : {
utility (
a )},
{
substitute (
a )}]
n 1 :
a company that performs a public service ;
subject to government regulation [
synonym : {
utility }, {
public utility },
{
public utility company }, {
public -
service corporation }]
2 :
the quality of being of practical use [
synonym : {
utility },
{
usefulness }] [
ant : {
inutility }, {
unusefulness },
{
uselessness }]
3 :
the service (
electric power or water or transportation )
provided by a public utility ; "
the cost of utilities never decreases "; "
all the utilities were lost after the hurricane "
4 : (
economics )
a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice 5 : (
computer science )
a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer ; "
a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users "
[
synonym : {
utility program }, {
utility }, {
service program }]
6 :
a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal ; "
the price of the house included all utilities "
Utility \
U *
til "
i *
ty \,
n . [
OE .
utilite ,
F .
utilit ['
e ],
L .
utilitas ,
fr .
utilis useful .
See {
Utile }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
The quality or state of being useful ;
usefulness ;
production of good ;
profitableness to some valuable end ;
as ,
the utility of manure upon land ;
the utility of the sciences ;
the utility of medicines .
[
1913 Webster ]
The utility of the enterprises was ,
however ,
so great and obvious that all opposition proved useless . --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Polit .
Econ .)
Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants ;
intrinsic value .
See Note under {
Value },
2 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Value in use is utility ,
and nothing else ,
and in political economy should be called by that name and no other . --
F .
A .
Walker .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Happiness ;
the greatest good ,
or happiness ,
of the greatest number , --
the foundation of utilitarianism . --
J .
S .
Mill .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Usefulness ;
advantageous ;
benefit ;
profit ;
avail ;
service .
Usage : {
Utility }, {
Usefulness }.
Usefulness has an Anglo -
Saxon prefix ,
utility is Latin ;
and hence the former is used chiefly of things in the concrete ,
while the latter is employed more in a general and abstract sense .
Thus ,
we speak of the utility of an invention ,
and the usefulness of the thing invented ;
of the utility of an institution ,
and the usefulness of an individual .
So beauty and utility (
not usefulness )
are brought into comparison .
Still ,
the words are often used interchangeably .
[
1913 Webster ]
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "
utility ":
Aktiengesellschaft ,
account ,
advantage ,
advantageousness ,
aktiebolag ,
alternate ,
alternative ,
appliance ,
applicability ,
appropriateness ,
availability ,
backup ,
beneficialness ,
body corporate ,
business ,
business establishment ,
cartel ,
chamber of commerce ,
combine ,
commercial enterprise ,
compagnie ,
company ,
concern ,
conglomerate ,
conglomerate corporation ,
consolidating company ,
consortium ,
convenience ,
copartnership ,
corporate body ,
corporation ,
counterfeit ,
diversified corporation ,
drive ,
dummy ,
effectiveness ,
efficacy ,
efficiency ,
engine ,
enginery ,
enterprise ,
equivalent ,
ersatz ,
facility ,
fake ,
favorableness ,
firm ,
fitness ,
fixture ,
functionality ,
helpfulness ,
holding company ,
house ,
imitation ,
industry ,
joint -
stock association ,
joint -
stock company ,
machine ,
machinery ,
makeshift ,
mechanical aid ,
mechanical device ,
mechanism ,
mock ,
motive power ,
motor ,
operability ,
operating company ,
partnership ,
phony ,
pinch ,
plunderbund ,
pool ,
power plant ,
power source ,
practicability ,
practical utility ,
practicality ,
profitability ,
provisional ,
proxy ,
public utility ,
relevance ,
reserve ,
secondary ,
service ,
serviceability ,
spare ,
stock company ,
stopgap ,
substitute ,
syndicate ,
temporary ,
tentative ,
token ,
trade association ,
trust ,
usability ,
use ,
usefulness ,
utilizability ,
vicarious
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