utilitarian

adjective
🔊/ˌjuːtɪlɪˈteəriən/
🔊/ˌjuːtɪlɪˈteriən/
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  1. (formal) designed to be useful and practical rather than attractive实用的;功利的;实惠的
    • Her clothes were utilitarian, unlike the elaborate dresses the other girls were wearing.她的衣服是实用的,不像其他女孩穿着的精致衣服。
    • The old hospital was demolished in 1911 and replaced with a much more utilitarian building.老医院于1911年被拆毁,取而代之的是更加实用的建筑。
  2. (philosophy哲学) based on or supporting the ideas of utilitarianism功利主义的Topics Politicsc2