the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "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; "the price of the house included all utilities"
the quality of being of practical use 同义词:usefulness,
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users" 同义词:utility program, service program,
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder" 同义词:substitute,
used of beef; usable but inferior 同义词:utility-grade,
百科解释
In economics, utility is a representation of preferences over some set of goods and services. Preferences have a (continuous) utility representation so long as they are transitive, complete, and continuous.
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其他语种释义
utilityとは意味:utility n. 《文語》 実用, 効果; 公益事業. 【動詞+】 ◆It has ceased to have any practical utility. それは実用性を全く失ってしまった ◆increase the utility of… …の効用を増す ◆Now that computers are so cheap, typewriters are losing most of th...