Utilitarian

[jʊ,tɪlɪ'teərɪən] or [,jutɪlɪ'tɛrɪən]

解释:

(noun.) someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility.

(adj.) having a useful function; 'utilitarian steel tables' .

(adj.) having utility often to the exclusion of values; 'plain utilitarian kitchenware' .

卡斯特罗校对--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art.

(a.) Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society.

(n.) One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.

埃米尔编辑

解释:

adj. consisting in or pertaining to utility or to utilitarianism.—n. one who holds utilitarianism.—v.t. Utilitā′rianise to make to serve a utilitarian purpose.—ns. Utilitā′rianism the ethical theory which finds the basis of moral distinctions in the utility of actions i.e. their fitness to produce happiness.

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