Definition of utility in English:

utility

noun juːˈtɪlɪtijuˈtɪlədi

1mass noun The state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial.
功用，效用，功利
he had a poor opinion of the utility of book learning
Example sentencesExamples
- The mobilisation of the Dartmouth Cadets came with a shock of rather horrified surprise to a certain section of the public, who could not imagine that boys so young could be of any practical utility in the grim business of War.
- We recommend that projects consider the value and utility of these products and implement them where appropriate.
- Medical alternatives such as sedatives or nicotine replacement therapy are also of questionable utility for at-risk populations.
- Here are a few lists I whipped up quickly to illustrate the utility of the new service.
- Clearly, more studies assessing the relative utility of specific airway interventions and their impact on morbidity and mortality are needed.
- She has certainly convinced the reviewers of the value of exercise for all persons and particularly of its efficacy and utility for clinical populations.
- But that's a small price to pay for ease and utility.
- This is a small thing, but as the utility of the whole product could have been improved immeasurably at absolutely no cost, it's nevertheless an annoying thing
- This last appendix is useful, however its utility could have been improved by including a World Wide Web address for each of these companies.
- There are two articles currently doing the rounds that both talk about the value and utility of being part of the networked world, and what it means to participate within it.
- I'm sure there's some utility in emergency services practicing working together, but this seems far too choreographed to root out real bugs in the response system.
- I also think the development of formulas and schematics to demonstrate the utility of their approach was well done.
- The world doesn't owe anybody a living, and trade unions will either survive or they will decline according to their utility to the society and the market.
- A number of clinicians have demonstrated the utility of this approach.
- Although such increases in validity appear to be small, the practical utility may be large when one takes into account the costs associated with unsuccessful job performance.
- On the other hand, numerous illustrations are new and of excellent quality, adding great value and utility to the final product.
- A tool is subordinated to its user, and its value lies in its practical utility.
- These questions tend to result in an assessment of the utility of particular types of campaigns in challenging capitalism.
- This decade ushered in the rise of multiple-use worship rooms, the new credo of congregations seeking maximum utility from their buildings.
- First, Foundation Hospitals were watered down to the point of having almost no practical utility; any importance attached to the vote was, as I pointed out below, entirely symbolic.
Synonyms
usefulness, use, advantage, benefit, value, help, helpfulness, profitability, convenience, practicality, effectiveness, efficacy, avail, service, serviceableness, advantageousness
feasibility, viability, workability, practicability, possibility
informal mileage
1. 1.1 (in game theory or economics) a measure of that which is sought to be maximized in any situation involving a choice.
  （博弈论，经济学）效用
  Example sentencesExamples
  They deemed it sufficient that a man be left to his own devices to maximise his economic utility.
  Empowered, Economic Man is free to choose in a variety of realms and free to act in such a way that his utility is maximized.
  Morality and economic utility generally go hand in hand.
  As any economist will tell you, a market is based on rational individuals maximizing their utility through economic exchange.
  We assume that the object of the rational individual person is to maximize utility given the choices and constraints facing the person.
2An organization supplying the community with electricity, gas, water, or sewerage.
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1996 the California Legislature deregulated the state's electric utilities.
- The utility isn't trying to profit from the service - just recover its costs.
- This figure does not include employees working for the council utilities, agencies and corporations.
- The Commission is proposing that a private company operate the utility, provide its own funding for projects and employ its own workforce.
- The electricity sector is heavily regulated, and the service is mostly provided by monopoly public sector utilities that fail to meet the demand, causing frequent blackouts.
- The utility is expected to unveil profits on continuing activities in the region of 40%.
- The final vote at the National Assembly on the privatisation bill to transform utilities into limited liability companies will be held on June 22.
- The trend to contract out the management of the utilities to outside companies commanded attention.
- Traditional integrated utilities and public power agencies deliver electricity to customers based on real costs plus modest profits.
- Your local water utility is required to send you an annual report on water quality.
- The government's push to lure private companies to buy its utilities has led to water shut-offs and the worst cholera epidemic in the nation's history.
- Legislation would have to be passed to privatise the utility.
- Unions said more than 20000 members downed tools yesterday in a wage dispute with the electricity utility.
- In any case, privatized utilities need strong public regulation, which is difficult and expensive to do well.
- The national utility said key financial ratios remained satisfactory.
- Most water utilities are public agencies.
- When did the management of the utility realise they needed a complete overhaul of the winning and distribution systems?
- The long-anticipated entry of power utilities into the broadband telecommunications business began last week.
- The company also expects to sell gas to a power utility to generate electricity.
- We will privatize utilities and end inefficient regulations and monopolies.
1. 2.1utilitiesUS Stocks and bonds in public utilities.
3Computing
A utility program.
〔计算机〕应用程序
a handy utility for converting one graphics file type to another
Example sentencesExamples
- An increasingly wide array of plug-ins and utilities have developed around PDF files, a sure sign of maturity and market penetration.
- The user may agree to install a small utility that includes spyware as part of the download.
- The trial of a Norwegian teen accused of developing a utility that enables people to illegally copy DVD movies opened in Oslo yesterday.
- Customers have access to many freeware programs, including utilities, productivity tools and development tools.
- He carries around an enormous library of software utilities, diagnostic tools and reference documents on a single CD.
4Australian NZ A utility vehicle.
〈澳／新西兰〉小卡车，轻型货车
Example sentencesExamples
- Thieves also stole a toolbox from the back of a utility the same night.
- A distant cloud of dust signals the approach of a decrepit utility.
- The driver of the utility was in shock, with minor injuries, he said.
- The 44-year-old nursing student was hit by a utility while cycling along Newitt Street on Thursday morning.
- She was tied, gagged and bundled into the back of the utility.

adjectivejuːˈtɪlɪtijuˈtɪlədi

1attributive Useful, especially through being able to perform several functions.
有用的；多功能的
a utility truck
轻型多功能货车。
Example sentencesExamples
- We picked up a neat set of utility shelving, manufactured from recycled plastic, to go in the garage.
- A small utility room and a guest bathroom complete the ground floor accommodation.
- Next to the bathroom was a large utility closet with a full-sized Whirlpool washer and dryer, a personal furnace/air conditioner, and a water heater.
- There is also a small utility room and separate storage room in this area.
- Examples include leaders in the automobile industry who first marketed off-road utility vehicles as everyday vehicles.
- Though normally functioning as a utility tool, the knife can be an effective close-quarters backup weapon if you know what you're doing with it.
- Modern farmers and ranchers have discovered the efficiency of using ATVs as utility vehicles for driving around their property.
- A utility candle with waterproofed matches is not very useful as a light source for traveling in a cave, but it can provide a source of emergency heat and comfort lighting.
- A concrete outhouse immediately outside the kitchen is fully plumbed and vented for a washing machine and tumble dryer and functions as a utility area.
- Wiley held out the cup to him along with the utility tool with it's useful little fork on the end.
- So he decided to build his own off-road utility vehicle in his backyard workshop.
- Kneel on the plywood to compress the foam as you cut it with a sharp utility knife.
- In the small utility room the original stone wall has been left uncovered.
Synonyms
practical, functional, serviceable, useful, sensible, effective, efficient, to the purpose, suited to the purpose, pragmatic, realistic, utility, working, workaday, handy, neat, ordinary, down-to-earth
1. 1.1 Denoting a player capable of playing in several different positions in a sport.
  （体育运动员）多面手的
  a utility player
  Example sentencesExamples
  I am a utility player so that means I am expected to play anywhere and that is what I will do for the Bulls.
  They may not end up in the Hall of Fame, but utility players often enjoy long careers because of their versatility.
  I was a utility player - played every position but first and pitcher.
  Greg Norton reported to camp trying to win a job as a utility infielder.
  We have got a lot of utility players who can play in a few positions and we can change systems when it becomes necessary.
  He lost his starting job the next year, but he quickly established himself as a valuable utility player.
  The utility player returned from a torn shoulder capsule to feature at scrum half during last week's win against Hull.
  He's the kind of utility player every team needs.
  One of four Dodgers to hit three home runs in a single game in 1950, Brown was nothing more than a utility player throughout his nine-year career.
  It's hard to call him a utility player because he starts regularly, just not at any one position.
  And if a player doesn't have great talent, learning several positions can make him more valuable as a role or utility player.
  The team also needs to identify which players will serve as utility infielders.
  He is a utility player who has quickly impressed Reds bosses with his cheery personality and trademark smile.
  The York born-and-bred utility ace turned 23 on Thursday.
  His career extended nine seasons as a utility player.
  But this spring, Morris must show he's a useful utility infielder.
  The utility player spent last season at Wetherby Road.
  Unfairly labeled a utility player with the White Sox and Royals, the Amityville, New York native is more than capable of playing the pivot on an everyday basis.
  He spent nine years in the majors as a utility player.
  He'll turn 36 next month, and because he doesn't command big dollars, he may be able to fill a utility role in the majors for a couple of more years.
2attributive Functional rather than attractive.
实用型的
utility clothing
实用服装。
Example sentencesExamples
- Its comfort and practicality made it the ideal utility garment.
- Somehow, you don't sound like the sort of person who can stick to utility alone - you'll just end up seeking out obscure brands of utility clothing!
- I am looking at their jobs as civilians and in the military and focusing on how they coped with rationing and utility clothing.
- Dirt covered my already brown pants, and it was smeared all up my bare chest, and the utility vest was just plain filthy.
- Dungarees first started their life as useful utility pants for carpenters.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French utilite, from Latin utilitas, from utilis 'useful'.

Rhymes

ability, agility, civility, debility, docility, edibility, facility, fertility, flexility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, imbecility, infantility, juvenility, liability, mobility, nihility, nobility, nubility, puerility, senility, servility, stability, sterility, tactility, tranquillity (US tranquility), usability, versatility, viability, virility, volatility

Definition of utility in US English:

utility

nounjuˈtɪlədiyo͞oˈtilədē

1The state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial.
功用，效用，功利
he had a poor opinion of the utility of book learning
Example sentencesExamples
- A number of clinicians have demonstrated the utility of this approach.
- But that's a small price to pay for ease and utility.
- This last appendix is useful, however its utility could have been improved by including a World Wide Web address for each of these companies.
- The mobilisation of the Dartmouth Cadets came with a shock of rather horrified surprise to a certain section of the public, who could not imagine that boys so young could be of any practical utility in the grim business of War.
- We recommend that projects consider the value and utility of these products and implement them where appropriate.
- This is a small thing, but as the utility of the whole product could have been improved immeasurably at absolutely no cost, it's nevertheless an annoying thing
- Medical alternatives such as sedatives or nicotine replacement therapy are also of questionable utility for at-risk populations.
- I'm sure there's some utility in emergency services practicing working together, but this seems far too choreographed to root out real bugs in the response system.
- First, Foundation Hospitals were watered down to the point of having almost no practical utility; any importance attached to the vote was, as I pointed out below, entirely symbolic.
- I also think the development of formulas and schematics to demonstrate the utility of their approach was well done.
- A tool is subordinated to its user, and its value lies in its practical utility.
- Here are a few lists I whipped up quickly to illustrate the utility of the new service.
- Although such increases in validity appear to be small, the practical utility may be large when one takes into account the costs associated with unsuccessful job performance.
- These questions tend to result in an assessment of the utility of particular types of campaigns in challenging capitalism.
- On the other hand, numerous illustrations are new and of excellent quality, adding great value and utility to the final product.
- There are two articles currently doing the rounds that both talk about the value and utility of being part of the networked world, and what it means to participate within it.
- The world doesn't owe anybody a living, and trade unions will either survive or they will decline according to their utility to the society and the market.
- She has certainly convinced the reviewers of the value of exercise for all persons and particularly of its efficacy and utility for clinical populations.
- This decade ushered in the rise of multiple-use worship rooms, the new credo of congregations seeking maximum utility from their buildings.
- Clearly, more studies assessing the relative utility of specific airway interventions and their impact on morbidity and mortality are needed.
Synonyms
usefulness, use, advantage, benefit, value, help, helpfulness, profitability, convenience, practicality, effectiveness, efficacy, avail, service, serviceableness, advantageousness
1. 1.1 (in game theory or economics) a measure of that which is sought to be maximized in any situation involving a choice.
  （博弈论，经济学）效用
  Example sentencesExamples
  Morality and economic utility generally go hand in hand.
  They deemed it sufficient that a man be left to his own devices to maximise his economic utility.
  As any economist will tell you, a market is based on rational individuals maximizing their utility through economic exchange.
  Empowered, Economic Man is free to choose in a variety of realms and free to act in such a way that his utility is maximized.
  We assume that the object of the rational individual person is to maximize utility given the choices and constraints facing the person.
2An organization supplying the community with electricity, gas, water, or sewerage.
Example sentencesExamples
- The long-anticipated entry of power utilities into the broadband telecommunications business began last week.
- The national utility said key financial ratios remained satisfactory.
- The trend to contract out the management of the utilities to outside companies commanded attention.
- Your local water utility is required to send you an annual report on water quality.
- Unions said more than 20000 members downed tools yesterday in a wage dispute with the electricity utility.
- When did the management of the utility realise they needed a complete overhaul of the winning and distribution systems?
- The utility is expected to unveil profits on continuing activities in the region of 40%.
- The company also expects to sell gas to a power utility to generate electricity.
- Legislation would have to be passed to privatise the utility.
- This figure does not include employees working for the council utilities, agencies and corporations.
- In any case, privatized utilities need strong public regulation, which is difficult and expensive to do well.
- The government's push to lure private companies to buy its utilities has led to water shut-offs and the worst cholera epidemic in the nation's history.
- The utility isn't trying to profit from the service - just recover its costs.
- In 1996 the California Legislature deregulated the state's electric utilities.
- Most water utilities are public agencies.
- The electricity sector is heavily regulated, and the service is mostly provided by monopoly public sector utilities that fail to meet the demand, causing frequent blackouts.
- We will privatize utilities and end inefficient regulations and monopolies.
- The final vote at the National Assembly on the privatisation bill to transform utilities into limited liability companies will be held on June 22.
- Traditional integrated utilities and public power agencies deliver electricity to customers based on real costs plus modest profits.
- The Commission is proposing that a private company operate the utility, provide its own funding for projects and employ its own workforce.
1. 2.1utilitiesUS Stocks and bonds in public utilities.
3Computing
A utility program.
〔计算机〕应用程序
Example sentencesExamples
- He carries around an enormous library of software utilities, diagnostic tools and reference documents on a single CD.
- The trial of a Norwegian teen accused of developing a utility that enables people to illegally copy DVD movies opened in Oslo yesterday.
- Customers have access to many freeware programs, including utilities, productivity tools and development tools.
- An increasingly wide array of plug-ins and utilities have developed around PDF files, a sure sign of maturity and market penetration.
- The user may agree to install a small utility that includes spyware as part of the download.

adjectivejuˈtɪlədiyo͞oˈtilədē

1Useful, especially through being able to perform several functions.
有用的；多功能的
a utility truck
轻型多功能货车。
Example sentencesExamples
- We picked up a neat set of utility shelving, manufactured from recycled plastic, to go in the garage.
- So he decided to build his own off-road utility vehicle in his backyard workshop.
- Though normally functioning as a utility tool, the knife can be an effective close-quarters backup weapon if you know what you're doing with it.
- Modern farmers and ranchers have discovered the efficiency of using ATVs as utility vehicles for driving around their property.
- Next to the bathroom was a large utility closet with a full-sized Whirlpool washer and dryer, a personal furnace/air conditioner, and a water heater.
- A utility candle with waterproofed matches is not very useful as a light source for traveling in a cave, but it can provide a source of emergency heat and comfort lighting.
- A concrete outhouse immediately outside the kitchen is fully plumbed and vented for a washing machine and tumble dryer and functions as a utility area.
- There is also a small utility room and separate storage room in this area.
- Kneel on the plywood to compress the foam as you cut it with a sharp utility knife.
- Wiley held out the cup to him along with the utility tool with it's useful little fork on the end.
- A small utility room and a guest bathroom complete the ground floor accommodation.
- Examples include leaders in the automobile industry who first marketed off-road utility vehicles as everyday vehicles.
- In the small utility room the original stone wall has been left uncovered.
Synonyms
practical, functional, serviceable, useful, sensible, effective, efficient, to the purpose, suited to the purpose, pragmatic, realistic, utility, working, workaday, handy, neat, ordinary, down-to-earth
1. 1.1 Denoting a player capable of playing in several different positions in a sport.
  （体育运动员）多面手的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The utility player returned from a torn shoulder capsule to feature at scrum half during last week's win against Hull.
  We have got a lot of utility players who can play in a few positions and we can change systems when it becomes necessary.
  And if a player doesn't have great talent, learning several positions can make him more valuable as a role or utility player.
  They may not end up in the Hall of Fame, but utility players often enjoy long careers because of their versatility.
  Greg Norton reported to camp trying to win a job as a utility infielder.
  He'll turn 36 next month, and because he doesn't command big dollars, he may be able to fill a utility role in the majors for a couple of more years.
  He lost his starting job the next year, but he quickly established himself as a valuable utility player.
  One of four Dodgers to hit three home runs in a single game in 1950, Brown was nothing more than a utility player throughout his nine-year career.
  His career extended nine seasons as a utility player.
  I was a utility player - played every position but first and pitcher.
  But this spring, Morris must show he's a useful utility infielder.
  The utility player spent last season at Wetherby Road.
  He is a utility player who has quickly impressed Reds bosses with his cheery personality and trademark smile.
  He's the kind of utility player every team needs.
  I am a utility player so that means I am expected to play anywhere and that is what I will do for the Bulls.
  He spent nine years in the majors as a utility player.
  The team also needs to identify which players will serve as utility infielders.
  It's hard to call him a utility player because he starts regularly, just not at any one position.
  Unfairly labeled a utility player with the White Sox and Royals, the Amityville, New York native is more than capable of playing the pivot on an everyday basis.
  The York born-and-bred utility ace turned 23 on Thursday.
2Functional rather than attractive.
实用型的
utility clothing
实用服装。
Example sentencesExamples
- Its comfort and practicality made it the ideal utility garment.
- Somehow, you don't sound like the sort of person who can stick to utility alone - you'll just end up seeking out obscure brands of utility clothing!
- Dirt covered my already brown pants, and it was smeared all up my bare chest, and the utility vest was just plain filthy.
- Dungarees first started their life as useful utility pants for carpenters.
- I am looking at their jobs as civilians and in the military and focusing on how they coped with rationing and utility clothing.
3US Relating to the lowest US government grade of beef.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French utilite, from Latin utilitas, from utilis ‘useful’.

词汇	utility
释义	Definition of utility in English: utility noun juːˈtɪlɪtijuˈtɪlədi 1mass noun The state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial. 功用，效用，功利 he had a poor opinion of the utility of book learning Example sentencesExamples The mobilisation of the Dartmouth Cadets came with a shock of rather horrified surprise to a certain section of the public, who could not imagine that boys so young could be of any practical utility in the grim business of War. We recommend that projects consider the value and utility of these products and implement them where appropriate. Medical alternatives such as sedatives or nicotine replacement therapy are also of questionable utility for at-risk populations. Here are a few lists I whipped up quickly to illustrate the utility of the new service. Clearly, more studies assessing the relative utility of specific airway interventions and their impact on morbidity and mortality are needed. She has certainly convinced the reviewers of the value of exercise for all persons and particularly of its efficacy and utility for clinical populations. But that's a small price to pay for ease and utility. This is a small thing, but as the utility of the whole product could have been improved immeasurably at absolutely no cost, it's nevertheless an annoying thing This last appendix is useful, however its utility could have been improved by including a World Wide Web address for each of these companies. There are two articles currently doing the rounds that both talk about the value and utility of being part of the networked world, and what it means to participate within it. I'm sure there's some utility in emergency services practicing working together, but this seems far too choreographed to root out real bugs in the response system. I also think the development of formulas and schematics to demonstrate the utility of their approach was well done. The world doesn't owe anybody a living, and trade unions will either survive or they will decline according to their utility to the society and the market. A number of clinicians have demonstrated the utility of this approach. Although such increases in validity appear to be small, the practical utility may be large when one takes into account the costs associated with unsuccessful job performance. On the other hand, numerous illustrations are new and of excellent quality, adding great value and utility to the final product. A tool is subordinated to its user, and its value lies in its practical utility. These questions tend to result in an assessment of the utility of particular types of campaigns in challenging capitalism. This decade ushered in the rise of multiple-use worship rooms, the new credo of congregations seeking maximum utility from their buildings. First, Foundation Hospitals were watered down to the point of having almost no practical utility; any importance attached to the vote was, as I pointed out below, entirely symbolic. Synonyms usefulness, use, advantage, benefit, value, help, helpfulness, profitability, convenience, practicality, effectiveness, efficacy, avail, service, serviceableness, advantageousness feasibility, viability, workability, practicability, possibility informal mileage 1.1 (in game theory or economics) a measure of that which is sought to be maximized in any situation involving a choice. （博弈论，经济学）效用 Example sentencesExamples They deemed it sufficient that a man be left to his own devices to maximise his economic utility. Empowered, Economic Man is free to choose in a variety of realms and free to act in such a way that his utility is maximized. Morality and economic utility generally go hand in hand. As any economist will tell you, a market is based on rational individuals maximizing their utility through economic exchange. We assume that the object of the rational individual person is to maximize utility given the choices and constraints facing the person. 2An organization supplying the community with electricity, gas, water, or sewerage. Example sentencesExamples In 1996 the California Legislature deregulated the state's electric utilities. The utility isn't trying to profit from the service - just recover its costs. This figure does not include employees working for the council utilities, agencies and corporations. The Commission is proposing that a private company operate the utility, provide its own funding for projects and employ its own workforce. The electricity sector is heavily regulated, and the service is mostly provided by monopoly public sector utilities that fail to meet the demand, causing frequent blackouts. The utility is expected to unveil profits on continuing activities in the region of 40%. The final vote at the National Assembly on the privatisation bill to transform utilities into limited liability companies will be held on June 22. The trend to contract out the management of the utilities to outside companies commanded attention. Traditional integrated utilities and public power agencies deliver electricity to customers based on real costs plus modest profits. Your local water utility is required to send you an annual report on water quality. The government's push to lure private companies to buy its utilities has led to water shut-offs and the worst cholera epidemic in the nation's history. Legislation would have to be passed to privatise the utility. Unions said more than 20000 members downed tools yesterday in a wage dispute with the electricity utility. In any case, privatized utilities need strong public regulation, which is difficult and expensive to do well. The national utility said key financial ratios remained satisfactory. Most water utilities are public agencies. When did the management of the utility realise they needed a complete overhaul of the winning and distribution systems? The long-anticipated entry of power utilities into the broadband telecommunications business began last week. The company also expects to sell gas to a power utility to generate electricity. We will privatize utilities and end inefficient regulations and monopolies. 2.1utilitiesUS Stocks and bonds in public utilities. 3Computing A utility program. 〔计算机〕应用程序 a handy utility for converting one graphics file type to another Example sentencesExamples An increasingly wide array of plug-ins and utilities have developed around PDF files, a sure sign of maturity and market penetration. The user may agree to install a small utility that includes spyware as part of the download. The trial of a Norwegian teen accused of developing a utility that enables people to illegally copy DVD movies opened in Oslo yesterday. Customers have access to many freeware programs, including utilities, productivity tools and development tools. He carries around an enormous library of software utilities, diagnostic tools and reference documents on a single CD. 4Australian NZ A utility vehicle. 〈澳／新西兰〉小卡车，轻型货车 Example sentencesExamples Thieves also stole a toolbox from the back of a utility the same night. A distant cloud of dust signals the approach of a decrepit utility. The driver of the utility was in shock, with minor injuries, he said. The 44-year-old nursing student was hit by a utility while cycling along Newitt Street on Thursday morning. She was tied, gagged and bundled into the back of the utility. adjectivejuːˈtɪlɪtijuˈtɪlədi 1attributive Useful, especially through being able to perform several functions. 有用的；多功能的 a utility truck 轻型多功能货车。 Example sentencesExamples We picked up a neat set of utility shelving, manufactured from recycled plastic, to go in the garage. A small utility room and a guest bathroom complete the ground floor accommodation. Next to the bathroom was a large utility closet with a full-sized Whirlpool washer and dryer, a personal furnace/air conditioner, and a water heater. There is also a small utility room and separate storage room in this area. Examples include leaders in the automobile industry who first marketed off-road utility vehicles as everyday vehicles. Though normally functioning as a utility tool, the knife can be an effective close-quarters backup weapon if you know what you're doing with it. Modern farmers and ranchers have discovered the efficiency of using ATVs as utility vehicles for driving around their property. A utility candle with waterproofed matches is not very useful as a light source for traveling in a cave, but it can provide a source of emergency heat and comfort lighting. A concrete outhouse immediately outside the kitchen is fully plumbed and vented for a washing machine and tumble dryer and functions as a utility area. Wiley held out the cup to him along with the utility tool with it's useful little fork on the end. So he decided to build his own off-road utility vehicle in his backyard workshop. Kneel on the plywood to compress the foam as you cut it with a sharp utility knife. In the small utility room the original stone wall has been left uncovered. Synonyms practical, functional, serviceable, useful, sensible, effective, efficient, to the purpose, suited to the purpose, pragmatic, realistic, utility, working, workaday, handy, neat, ordinary, down-to-earth 1.1 Denoting a player capable of playing in several different positions in a sport. （体育运动员）多面手的 a utility player Example sentencesExamples I am a utility player so that means I am expected to play anywhere and that is what I will do for the Bulls. They may not end up in the Hall of Fame, but utility players often enjoy long careers because of their versatility. I was a utility player - played every position but first and pitcher. Greg Norton reported to camp trying to win a job as a utility infielder. We have got a lot of utility players who can play in a few positions and we can change systems when it becomes necessary. He lost his starting job the next year, but he quickly established himself as a valuable utility player. The utility player returned from a torn shoulder capsule to feature at scrum half during last week's win against Hull. He's the kind of utility player every team needs. One of four Dodgers to hit three home runs in a single game in 1950, Brown was nothing more than a utility player throughout his nine-year career. It's hard to call him a utility player because he starts regularly, just not at any one position. And if a player doesn't have great talent, learning several positions can make him more valuable as a role or utility player. The team also needs to identify which players will serve as utility infielders. He is a utility player who has quickly impressed Reds bosses with his cheery personality and trademark smile. The York born-and-bred utility ace turned 23 on Thursday. His career extended nine seasons as a utility player. But this spring, Morris must show he's a useful utility infielder. The utility player spent last season at Wetherby Road. Unfairly labeled a utility player with the White Sox and Royals, the Amityville, New York native is more than capable of playing the pivot on an everyday basis. He spent nine years in the majors as a utility player. He'll turn 36 next month, and because he doesn't command big dollars, he may be able to fill a utility role in the majors for a couple of more years. 2attributive Functional rather than attractive. 实用型的 utility clothing 实用服装。 Example sentencesExamples Its comfort and practicality made it the ideal utility garment. Somehow, you don't sound like the sort of person who can stick to utility alone - you'll just end up seeking out obscure brands of utility clothing! I am looking at their jobs as civilians and in the military and focusing on how they coped with rationing and utility clothing. Dirt covered my already brown pants, and it was smeared all up my bare chest, and the utility vest was just plain filthy. Dungarees first started their life as useful utility pants for carpenters. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French utilite, from Latin utilitas, from utilis 'useful'. Rhymes ability, agility, civility, debility, docility, edibility, facility, fertility, flexility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, imbecility, infantility, juvenility, liability, mobility, nihility, nobility, nubility, puerility, senility, servility, stability, sterility, tactility, tranquillity (US tranquility), usability, versatility, viability, virility, volatility Definition of utility in US English: utility nounjuˈtɪlədiyo͞oˈtilədē 1The state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial. 功用，效用，功利 he had a poor opinion of the utility of book learning Example sentencesExamples A number of clinicians have demonstrated the utility of this approach. But that's a small price to pay for ease and utility. This last appendix is useful, however its utility could have been improved by including a World Wide Web address for each of these companies. The mobilisation of the Dartmouth Cadets came with a shock of rather horrified surprise to a certain section of the public, who could not imagine that boys so young could be of any practical utility in the grim business of War. We recommend that projects consider the value and utility of these products and implement them where appropriate. This is a small thing, but as the utility of the whole product could have been improved immeasurably at absolutely no cost, it's nevertheless an annoying thing Medical alternatives such as sedatives or nicotine replacement therapy are also of questionable utility for at-risk populations. I'm sure there's some utility in emergency services practicing working together, but this seems far too choreographed to root out real bugs in the response system. First, Foundation Hospitals were watered down to the point of having almost no practical utility; any importance attached to the vote was, as I pointed out below, entirely symbolic. I also think the development of formulas and schematics to demonstrate the utility of their approach was well done. A tool is subordinated to its user, and its value lies in its practical utility. Here are a few lists I whipped up quickly to illustrate the utility of the new service. Although such increases in validity appear to be small, the practical utility may be large when one takes into account the costs associated with unsuccessful job performance. These questions tend to result in an assessment of the utility of particular types of campaigns in challenging capitalism. On the other hand, numerous illustrations are new and of excellent quality, adding great value and utility to the final product. There are two articles currently doing the rounds that both talk about the value and utility of being part of the networked world, and what it means to participate within it. The world doesn't owe anybody a living, and trade unions will either survive or they will decline according to their utility to the society and the market. She has certainly convinced the reviewers of the value of exercise for all persons and particularly of its efficacy and utility for clinical populations. This decade ushered in the rise of multiple-use worship rooms, the new credo of congregations seeking maximum utility from their buildings. Clearly, more studies assessing the relative utility of specific airway interventions and their impact on morbidity and mortality are needed. Synonyms usefulness, use, advantage, benefit, value, help, helpfulness, profitability, convenience, practicality, effectiveness, efficacy, avail, service, serviceableness, advantageousness 1.1 (in game theory or economics) a measure of that which is sought to be maximized in any situation involving a choice. （博弈论，经济学）效用 Example sentencesExamples Morality and economic utility generally go hand in hand. They deemed it sufficient that a man be left to his own devices to maximise his economic utility. As any economist will tell you, a market is based on rational individuals maximizing their utility through economic exchange. Empowered, Economic Man is free to choose in a variety of realms and free to act in such a way that his utility is maximized. We assume that the object of the rational individual person is to maximize utility given the choices and constraints facing the person. 2An organization supplying the community with electricity, gas, water, or sewerage. Example sentencesExamples The long-anticipated entry of power utilities into the broadband telecommunications business began last week. The national utility said key financial ratios remained satisfactory. The trend to contract out the management of the utilities to outside companies commanded attention. Your local water utility is required to send you an annual report on water quality. Unions said more than 20000 members downed tools yesterday in a wage dispute with the electricity utility. When did the management of the utility realise they needed a complete overhaul of the winning and distribution systems? The utility is expected to unveil profits on continuing activities in the region of 40%. The company also expects to sell gas to a power utility to generate electricity. Legislation would have to be passed to privatise the utility. This figure does not include employees working for the council utilities, agencies and corporations. In any case, privatized utilities need strong public regulation, which is difficult and expensive to do well. The government's push to lure private companies to buy its utilities has led to water shut-offs and the worst cholera epidemic in the nation's history. The utility isn't trying to profit from the service - just recover its costs. In 1996 the California Legislature deregulated the state's electric utilities. Most water utilities are public agencies. The electricity sector is heavily regulated, and the service is mostly provided by monopoly public sector utilities that fail to meet the demand, causing frequent blackouts. We will privatize utilities and end inefficient regulations and monopolies. The final vote at the National Assembly on the privatisation bill to transform utilities into limited liability companies will be held on June 22. Traditional integrated utilities and public power agencies deliver electricity to customers based on real costs plus modest profits. The Commission is proposing that a private company operate the utility, provide its own funding for projects and employ its own workforce. 2.1utilitiesUS Stocks and bonds in public utilities. 3Computing A utility program. 〔计算机〕应用程序 Example sentencesExamples He carries around an enormous library of software utilities, diagnostic tools and reference documents on a single CD. The trial of a Norwegian teen accused of developing a utility that enables people to illegally copy DVD movies opened in Oslo yesterday. Customers have access to many freeware programs, including utilities, productivity tools and development tools. An increasingly wide array of plug-ins and utilities have developed around PDF files, a sure sign of maturity and market penetration. The user may agree to install a small utility that includes spyware as part of the download. adjectivejuˈtɪlədiyo͞oˈtilədē 1Useful, especially through being able to perform several functions. 有用的；多功能的 a utility truck 轻型多功能货车。 Example sentencesExamples We picked up a neat set of utility shelving, manufactured from recycled plastic, to go in the garage. So he decided to build his own off-road utility vehicle in his backyard workshop. Though normally functioning as a utility tool, the knife can be an effective close-quarters backup weapon if you know what you're doing with it. Modern farmers and ranchers have discovered the efficiency of using ATVs as utility vehicles for driving around their property. Next to the bathroom was a large utility closet with a full-sized Whirlpool washer and dryer, a personal furnace/air conditioner, and a water heater. A utility candle with waterproofed matches is not very useful as a light source for traveling in a cave, but it can provide a source of emergency heat and comfort lighting. A concrete outhouse immediately outside the kitchen is fully plumbed and vented for a washing machine and tumble dryer and functions as a utility area. There is also a small utility room and separate storage room in this area. Kneel on the plywood to compress the foam as you cut it with a sharp utility knife. Wiley held out the cup to him along with the utility tool with it's useful little fork on the end. A small utility room and a guest bathroom complete the ground floor accommodation. Examples include leaders in the automobile industry who first marketed off-road utility vehicles as everyday vehicles. In the small utility room the original stone wall has been left uncovered. Synonyms practical, functional, serviceable, useful, sensible, effective, efficient, to the purpose, suited to the purpose, pragmatic, realistic, utility, working, workaday, handy, neat, ordinary, down-to-earth 1.1 Denoting a player capable of playing in several different positions in a sport. （体育运动员）多面手的 Example sentencesExamples The utility player returned from a torn shoulder capsule to feature at scrum half during last week's win against Hull. We have got a lot of utility players who can play in a few positions and we can change systems when it becomes necessary. And if a player doesn't have great talent, learning several positions can make him more valuable as a role or utility player. They may not end up in the Hall of Fame, but utility players often enjoy long careers because of their versatility. Greg Norton reported to camp trying to win a job as a utility infielder. He'll turn 36 next month, and because he doesn't command big dollars, he may be able to fill a utility role in the majors for a couple of more years. He lost his starting job the next year, but he quickly established himself as a valuable utility player. One of four Dodgers to hit three home runs in a single game in 1950, Brown was nothing more than a utility player throughout his nine-year career. His career extended nine seasons as a utility player. I was a utility player - played every position but first and pitcher. But this spring, Morris must show he's a useful utility infielder. The utility player spent last season at Wetherby Road. He is a utility player who has quickly impressed Reds bosses with his cheery personality and trademark smile. He's the kind of utility player every team needs. I am a utility player so that means I am expected to play anywhere and that is what I will do for the Bulls. He spent nine years in the majors as a utility player. The team also needs to identify which players will serve as utility infielders. It's hard to call him a utility player because he starts regularly, just not at any one position. Unfairly labeled a utility player with the White Sox and Royals, the Amityville, New York native is more than capable of playing the pivot on an everyday basis. The York born-and-bred utility ace turned 23 on Thursday. 2Functional rather than attractive. 实用型的 utility clothing 实用服装。 Example sentencesExamples Its comfort and practicality made it the ideal utility garment. Somehow, you don't sound like the sort of person who can stick to utility alone - you'll just end up seeking out obscure brands of utility clothing! Dirt covered my already brown pants, and it was smeared all up my bare chest, and the utility vest was just plain filthy. Dungarees first started their life as useful utility pants for carpenters. I am looking at their jobs as civilians and in the military and focusing on how they coped with rationing and utility clothing. 3US Relating to the lowest US government grade of beef. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French utilite, from Latin utilitas, from utilis ‘useful’.
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