Utilitarian
[jʊ,tɪlɪ'teərɪən] or [,jutɪlɪ'tɛrɪən]
解釋/意思:
(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' .
卡斯特罗校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
埃米尔編輯
解釋/意思:
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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例句/造句/用法:
- The utilitarian principle is valuable as a corrective of error, and shows to us a side of ethics which is apt to be neglected. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Their utilitarian value in forming habits of skill to be used for tangible results is important, but not when isolated from the appreciative side. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Under the utilitarian motive of Rosedale's wooing she had felt, clearly enough, the heat of personal inclination. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Uncouth and clumsy doors, windows and blinds, were framed on the simplest utilitarian basis, and a scanty supply of rude hand-made furniture imperfectly filled the simple wants of the home. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The luxury of lying late in bed was a pleasure belonging to the life of ease; it had no part in the utilitarian existence of the boarding-house. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Such knowing is depreciated, if not despised, as purely utilitarian, lacking in cultural significance. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It is the most compact, business-like, and dangerous of all utilitarian devices. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Moreover, Hugo, like Bacon, insisted on the importance of not being narrowly utilitarian. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The coin operated, or nickel-in-the-slot machine, finds a popular demand, while its utilitarian use as an amanuensis, or stenographer, is as yet a subordinate one. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In the most commercial and utilitarian states of society the power of ideas remains. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
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