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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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

• 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。
• Dropping GTA3 into my personal set of utilitarian scales I believe that the game is not morally exceptional.
  进我的个人的落下的GTA3我相信的功利的规模设定比赛不是道德上非凡的。
• 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。
• 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？
• Behavior utilitarian don t emphasize the formal justice, but the effect of the justice;
  运用行为功利主义只注重判决带来的效果，而不注重形式正义；
• Pluralism of culture and diversification of economy lead to localization of utilitarian values and moral dilemmas of pursuing universal restrict.
  文化多元化和经济利益多样化造成了实利主义价值观念的局限和寻求具有普遍约束力的道德的困境。
• 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。
• Cosmetic fenders on cars; the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative.
  汽车上的装饰性挡板；这些建筑是实用性的，而不是装饰性的。
• 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。