utilitarian
adj. 功利的; 功利主義的,實利主義的; 有效用的; 實用的
Utilitarian means based on the idea that the morally correct course of action is the one that produces benefit for the greatest number of people.
It was James Mill who was the best publicist for utilitarian ideas on government.
詹姆斯·米爾是政府功利主義思想的最具代表性的人物。
Utilitarian objects and buildings are designed to be useful rather than attractive.
Bruce's office is a corner one, utilitarian and unglamorous.
布魯斯的辦公室在角落裡,實用而普通。
1. someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
1. having a useful function;
2. having utility often to the exclusion of values;
There appears a utilitarian tendency in job hunting of university graduates in face of severe competition.
在畢業生就業市場形勢嚴峻的今天,大學生在面對就業時出現了功利化的趨勢.
Netsuke were originally utilitarian objects designed to serve as Pendants or toggles.
掛墜初最是一種功利物品專門服務於垂飾或套索釘的.
I do now anything all is the belt utilitarian.
我現在所做的任何事情都是帶功利性的.
The economists of his day took their cue from Jeremy Bentham and his " utilitarian " philosophy.
他那個時代的經濟學家們承襲了傑里米?邊沁及其實用主義哲學的衣缽.
But fundamentally, it performs an unglamorous function in a utilitarian way.
但是基本上, 它還是功利性地扮演一個沒有趣味的功能角色.