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单词 utile
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utile1

adjective ˈjuːtʌɪlˈyo͞otl
rare
  • Advantageous.

    〈罕〉有用的,有利的,有益的

    I deplored the killing of them for merely utile purposes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And the wedge that this issue continues to drive between Palmer and his wife is also dramatically utile.
    • A third reason for the Calvinist neglect of art is the doctrine of vocation: ‘Parents should urge their children to choose vocations that would be useful to their neighbors… ‘Arts were not so utile.’
    • Women, in truth, are not only intelligent; they have almost a monopoly of certain of the subtler and more utile forms of intelligence.

Origin

Late 15th century: via Old French from Latin utilis, from uti 'to use'.

Rhymes

butyl, futile, rutile

utile2

noun ˈjuːtɪliˈyo͞odəlē
  • A large tropical African hardwood tree with timber that is widely used as a substitute for mahogany.

    高大非洲楝

    Entandrophragma utile, family Meliaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The utile has a wide natural distribution in tropical Africa.

Origin

1950s: modern Latin, specific epithet (see above).

utile1

adjectiveˈyo͞otl
rare
  • Advantageous.

    〈罕〉有用的,有利的,有益的

    I deplored the killing of them for merely utile purposes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Women, in truth, are not only intelligent; they have almost a monopoly of certain of the subtler and more utile forms of intelligence.
    • And the wedge that this issue continues to drive between Palmer and his wife is also dramatically utile.
    • A third reason for the Calvinist neglect of art is the doctrine of vocation: ‘Parents should urge their children to choose vocations that would be useful to their neighbors… ‘Arts were not so utile.’

Origin

Late 15th century: via Old French from Latin utilis, from uti ‘to use’.

utile2

nounˈyo͞odəlē
  • A large tropical African hardwood tree with timber that is widely used as a substitute for mahogany.

    高大非洲楝

    Entandrophragma utile, family Meliaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The utile has a wide natural distribution in tropical Africa.

Origin

1950s: modern Latin, specific epithet (see above).

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