utility

英 [juːˈtɪləti]

美 [juːˈtɪləti]

n.  公用事业; 实用; 效用; 有用; 实用程序; 公用程序
adj.  多用途的; 多效用的; 多功能的

复数：utilities　

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牛津词典

noun

• 公用事业
  a service provided for the public, for example an electricity, water or gas supply
  1. the administration of public utilities
     公共事业的管理
• 实用；效用；有用
  the quality of being useful
• 实用程序；公用程序
  a piece of computer software that performs a particular task

adj.

• 多用途的；多效用的；多功能的
  that can be used for several different purposes
  1. an all-round utility player (= one who can play equally well in several different positions in a sport)
     全面型选手

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 功用;效用;实用
  Theutilityof something is its usefulness.
  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。
  2. He inwardly questioned the utility of his work.
     他内心质疑自己的工作是否有用。
• N-COUNT 公用事业
  Autilityis an important service such as water, electricity, or gas that is provided for everyone, and that everyone pays for.
  1. ...public utilities such as gas, electricity and phones.
     煤气、电和电话等公用事业

英英释义

noun

• the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
  1. the cost of utilities never decreases
  2. all the utilities were lost after the hurricane
• 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
  1. the price of the house included all utilities
• the quality of being of practical use
  Synonym:usefulness
• (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
  1. a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users
  Synonym:utility programservice program
• a company that performs a public service
  Synonym:public utilitypublic utility companypublic-service corporation
• (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice

双语例句

• This solution solves the problem of having multiple copies of the same Utility JAR in a single application.
  这个方案解决了在单一的应用软件中拥有同一个UtilityJAR的多种拷贝的问题。
• You'll find this a handy utility for debugging problems and improving query performance.
  您将发现这个方便的实用程序可用于调试问题和提高查询性能。
• It contains three utility functions.
  它包含了三个实用函数。
• You only need basic knowledge of HACMP and AIX to use this utility.
  您只需拥有HACMP和AIX的基础知识就可以使用此实用工具。
• Each command-line utility provides a-h option, which displays a list of the options available for that command.
  每个命令行实用工具都提供了一个-h选项来显示对该命令可用的选项列表。
• A fur coat has more utility in winter than in autumn.
  毛皮外衣在冬天比在秋天更有用。
• The PRACTICE specification determines which utilities are to be monitored and which syntax rules to enforce for each utility.
  PRACTICE规范确定要监视哪些实用程序和对每个实用程序执行哪些语法规则。
• The streaming utility within Hadoop implements a type of data flow glue.
  Hadoop内的流实用工具实现了一种数据流胶的类型。
• If you create a very useful script, you can even deploy it as a system-wide utility.
  如果您创建了一个非常有用的脚本，您甚至可以将它部署为系统范围的实用程序。
• Ksetup: This utility puts the administration and the information of the KDC servers in the LDAP directory.
  ksetup：这个实用工具将KDC服务器的管理和信息放置于LDAP目录中。