utilitarian

英 [ˌjuːtɪlɪˈteəriən]

美 [ˌjuːtɪlɪˈteriən]

adj.  实用的; 功利的; 实惠的; 实用主义的; 功利主义的
n.  功利主义者; 实用主义者

复数：utilitarians　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12417 / COCA.12219

牛津词典

adj.

• 实用的；功利的；实惠的
  designed to be useful and practical rather than attractive
• 实用主义的；功利主义的
  based on or supporting the ideas of utilitarianism

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 功利主义的；实利主义的
  Utilitarianmeans based on the idea that the morally correct course of action is the one that produces benefit for the greatest number of people.
  1. It was James Mill who was the best publicist for utilitarian ideas on government.
     詹姆斯·米尔是政府功利主义思想的最具代表性的人物。
  2. Autilitarianis someone with utilitarian views.
     功利主义者；实利主义者
  3. One of the greatest utilitarians was Claude Helvetius.
     最伟大的功利主义者之一就是克劳德·爱尔维修。
• ADJ-GRADED （物品、建筑等）实用的
  Utilitarianobjects and buildings are designed to be useful rather than attractive.
  1. Bruce's office is a corner one, utilitarian and unglamorous.
     布鲁斯的办公室在角落里，实用而普通。

英英释义

noun

• someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility

adj

• having a useful function
  1. utilitarian steel tables
  Synonym:useful
• having utility often to the exclusion of values
  1. plain utilitarian kitchenware

双语例句

• With economical development of the village community, the interpersonal communication is trending from unsophisticated etiquette towards utilitarian contacts.
  随着村落社会经济的发展，人们之间的人情交往逐渐由礼俗化趋向于功利化。
• There are plenty of phenomena in commercial society which can be explained by utilitarian.
  商业社会各种复杂的现象很多可以用功利主义哲学来解析。
• Efficiency, therefore, can never serve as a utilitarian touchstone for law or for public policy.
  因此，效率绝不能作为法律或公共政策的功利主义标准。
• There is no "ism" in the world that transcends utilitarian considerations; in class society there can be only the utilitarianism of this or that class.
  世界上没有什么超功利主义，在阶级社会里，不是这一阶级的功利主义，就是那一阶级的功利主义。
• In the selection, he attempts to clarify the utilitarian standard.
  在这段选文中，他试图对功利标准作一清楚表述。
• Bruce's office is a corner one, utilitarian and unglamorous.
  布鲁斯的办公室在角落里，实用而普通。
• But the marriage fits their needs in a utilitarian sense.
  而婚姻（本身）则实用地满足了二人的需要。
• But fundamentally, it performs an unglamorous function in a utilitarian way.
  但是基本上，它还是功利性地扮演一个没有趣味的功能角色。
• There appears a utilitarian tendency in job hunting of university graduates in face of severe competition.
  在毕业生就业市场形势严峻的今天，大学生在面对就业时出现了功利化的趋势。
• The notion that no response occurs without implicit or explicit reinforcement exemplifies a kind of utilitarian functionalism.
  那种认为没有含蓄或者明确的加强便产生不了反应的概念证实了一种实利主义的功能主义。