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

• The practical and utilitarian purpose of the vocation education at that time was characteristic and successful.
  其以实用、实利为出发点的职业教育宗旨，颇具特色，并取得了很大的成绩。
• Fourthly, the utilitarian environment of school physical education is the greenhouse of misconduct of PE teachers.
  第四，学校体育教育的功利化氛围是体育教师行为失范的温室。
• The Inspiration of Western Utilitarian Ethics for Moral Education in China; Rational egoism can be regarded as an ethnical theory when rational points of view are stated.
  西方功利主义伦理学对我国道德教育的启示合理利己主义不失为一种可以作为理性观点申述的伦理学观点。
• 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。
• For a historian, he takes a surprisingly utilitarian view of his subject.
  对于一个历史学家来说，他令人惊讶地提出了一个功利主义观点。
• This paper describes the art of language in its thinking, and concludes that the writing has three characteristics: accurate and distinctive, vivid and concise, rational and utilitarian.
  本文从《墨子》全书，勾勒其思维语言艺术，认为其文字表达具有3个重要的特征，即是准确性和鲜明性，生动性和简练性，理趣性和功利性的统一。
• This question of meaning may be insignificant for utilitarian purposes, but it's very important to us.
  这意义问题可能没有用，但对我们很重要。
• 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。
• 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。
• How would a utilitarian, a liberal, and a libertarian determine how much income inequality is permissible?
  功利主义者，自由主义者和自由意志主义者如何决定收入不平等是允许的？