Usefulness
['juːsf(ʊ)lnəs] or ['jʊsfəlnəs]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.
校對:马尔科姆
例句/造句/用法:
- She had great pleasure in feeling her usefulness, but could not conceive how they would have managed without her. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- But for their usefulness in partially cleansing these terrible streets, they would not be tolerated long. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Here was a career of usefulness opened before me! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Once self-supported by conscience, once embarked on a career of manifest usefulness, the true Christian never yields. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Here was an invention that would more than double the usefulness of the reaper, and one that seems quite as remarkable as the reaper itself. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Her first attempts at usefulness were in an endeavour to find out who were the parents, but Harriet could not tell. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- General Meade was an officer of great merit, with drawbacks to his usefulness that were beyond his control. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- This might have been discouraging to some people; but, once embarked on a career of manifest usefulness, nothing discourages Me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- She rapidly advanced in esteem, in good report, and in usefulness, and Abelard as rapidly lost ground. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Of course, my notions of usefulness must be narrow. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The usefulness of forests to man lies: (1) In furnishing him with timber for building, manufacturing, fuel, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- For the avoidance of this, holy marriage festivals will be instituted, and their holiness will be in proportion to their usefulness. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Went down into a modest life of usefulness and happiness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The usefulness of the cantharides, or Spanish flies, in medicine, is known to all, and thousands owe their lives to that knowledge. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
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