Utility
[ ju'tɪləti ]
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n. 功用，效用;有用的物体或器械;公用事业公司;公用事业;
adj. 有多种用途的;各种工作都会做的;能在数个位置作替补的;为获得经济价值而饲养;
💡 词根助记
ut用+ility名词后缀，状态→公用事业；有用
📝 例句
I am a beauty-merchant, a trader in song, and I pursue utility.
我是个贩卖美的商人、推销歌曲的贾客。我追求的是实效。
marginal cost [profits, utility]
【经济】边际费用 [收益,效用]
Diminishing marginal utility also expresses a "variety is the spice of life".
边际效用递减也表现为一种“多样化是生活乐趣”。
This characteristic of satisfying a want is known in economics as its "utility".
这种满足需求的属性在经济学中被称为“效用”。
The store deals in objects of domestic utility.
那家商店出售家庭用品。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ ability-能力,utility-公用事业:他有能力管理公用事业
※ 谐音“题里题”:这道题的效用,就是让你明白→题里有题
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-us-表示“用”
常见变体有-ut-
📖 牛津释义
utility
n
1 [U] quality of being useful 有用; 实用; 效用; 功用
[attrib 作定语]
a utility vehicle, ie one that can be used for various purposes 多用途车辆
the utility value of a dishwasher 洗碟机的实用价值.
2 [C] = public utility (public).
🔁 扩展释义
*[ju:'tiliti]n. 功用, 有用之物, 实用, 公用事业, 实用程序a. 实用的, 有多种用途的【计】 实用程序, 工具【经】 效用, 公用事业
🏥 医学释义
有用，有效，实用（的）
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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First of all, don't come in here without a teacher.
首先，没有老师领着不要进这儿。
You were very kind. You brought out all your jewellery and you told me I could take anything I wanted. There were so many beautiful things that it was hard to choose. And then I saw a lovely diamond necklace with a big blue stone in the centre.
你太好了。当时你把所有的珠宝首饰全都拿了出来，而且说，我要什么就可以拿什么。漂亮的首饰太多了，实在难挑选。后来我终于看中了一条美丽的钻石项链，中间还嵌着一颗大蓝宝石。
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.
我和比尔借了一笔钱，买下了那条项链。在后来的10年时间里，我们两人为了偿还这笔借款不分昼夜地干活。这就是为什么我现在看起来这样老的原因。好了，过了这些年之后，我们终于还清了全部借款。