| 单词 | utilitarian |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`ju:tili'tɛəriən] |
| 解释 | a.功利的，实利的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.功利的，实利的( exhibiting or preferring mere utility) |
| 字源 | utilitarian (n.) 1781, coined by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) from utility + -arian on the model of + unitarian, etc. One guided by the doctrine of the greatest happiness for the greatest number. From 1802 as an adjective; in the general sense "having regard to utility rather than beauty," from 1847. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】utility 有用 |
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