| 正面 | 2595.utility 英 [juːˈtɪləti]美 [ju'tɪləti]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. altern- + -ative.2. => offering one or the other of two.3. Alternate means "by turns;" alternative means "offering a choice." Both imply two kinds or things.n. 实用；效用；公共设施；功用adj. 实用的；通用的；有多种用途的 例句： 1. Belief in the utility of higher education is shared by students nationwide.全国的学生都相信高等教育是有用的。 utility 功用，公用事业来自拉丁语uti, 使用，利用，用来指功用，公用事业。 utilityutility: see useutility (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." |