utility

单词音标

utility音标[ju:\'tiliti]

汉语翻译

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

词型变化

名词复数:utilities

英语解释

名词 utility:

a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

同义词：public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation

the quality of being of practical use

同义词：usefulness

the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility

(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice

(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer

同义词：utility program, service program

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

形容词 utility:

used of beef; usable but inferior

同义词：utility-grade

capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

同义词：substitute

例句

A utility infielder.

能攻善守的内场手

Short for binder utility, an operating-system program that performs binding.

联编实用程序的简称，是一种能够实现联接和编辑的操作系统级的程序。参阅link－editor。

The source entry utility operation during which source statements are keyed in and added a new records in a source member.

一种源输入公用程序的操作，在这一操作过程中，它将键入的源语句作为新记录加到源成员中。

Their research project has limited practical utility.

他们的研究项目实用价值很有限。