| 单词 | utility |
| 释义 | utility noun¹ 1usefulness用途adjective | verb + utility | preposition adjective➤great, high很有用▸➤limited, low用途有限／不大➤potential潜在用途➤overall整体效用➤practical实际用途▸➤clinical, military, social临床应用；军事用途；社会用途◆he argued that the arts have great social utility.他认为艺术有很大的社会功用。verb + utility➤have有用途➤maximize使⋯的用途最大化➤enhance, improve, increase增强效用；增加用途➤limit限制用途➤assess, evaluate, examine, investigate评估用途；检验用途；调查用途➤question质疑效用➤demonstrate, illustrate, show展示／阐明／显示效用◆a number of researchers have demonstrated the utility of this approach.许多研究人员演示了这种方法的用途。preposition➤of... utility⋯的用途◆this computer is of low utility for the home user.这台计算机对家庭用户用处不大。utility noun² 2 (especially name) service provided for the public公共服务adjective | utility + noun adjective➤municipal, public, state-owned市政公用事业；公用事业；国有公用事业▸➤investor-owned, privatized归投资者所有的／私营公用事业➤regulated受到管制的公用事业➤large, major大型公用设施；重大公共事业➤local地方公共事业▸➤electric, electrical, power, water电力事业；供水服务◆a privatized power utility私营电力服务utility + noun➤company (bre, name) 公用事业公司➤bill (bre, name) （水、电、气等）公用事业费账单➤commission (name) 公用事业委员会◆regulatory agencies such as public utility commissions像公用事业委员会这样的管理机构utility /juːtɪləti/ noun (plural utilities) 1. [countable, usually plural] a service provided for the public, for example an electricity, water or gas supply 公用事业◆the administration of public utilities 公用事业管理2. [countable] a company that provides a service for the public, such as electricity, water or gas 公用事业公司◆the world's largest private electricity utility 全球最大的私营公用电力公司3. (it 信息技术) [countable] a piece of computer software that performs a particular task 应用程序◆an anti-virus utility 反病毒应用程序 (economics 经济学) [uncountable] the amount of benefit or satisfaction that sb gets from using a product or service 效用；实用性◆water has high utility but low commercial value. 水具有很高的实用性，但商业价值很低。☞ utilityutility /juːtɪləti/ [countable] (especially name) a service provided for the public, for example a water, gas or electricity supply公用事业（如水、燃气或电的供应）◆public utilities such as water, gas and electricity come under the control of the government.水、燃气和电等公用事业由政府控制。◆legislation will be introduced to regulate the privatized utilities.对私有化的公用事业将通过立法进行规管。utility/ju:ˈtɪləti ||; juˈtɪlətɪ/noun (plural utilities) 1. [c] a service provided for the public, such as a water, gas or electricity supply 公用事业（如水、煤气或电力的供应）: ◇the administration of public utilities 公用事业的管理 2. [u] (formal 正式) the quality of being useful 功用；效用；有用 3. [c] (computing计算机技术) a program or part of a program that does a particular task 实用程序；公用程序: ◇a utility program 实用程序 utilitysee ⇨ useful 4 |
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