a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
the quality of being of practical use
the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
双语例句
1. We cannot buy food and clothes and pay for rent and utilities on $20 a week.
我们无法靠每星期$20来购买食品、衣物，付房租和水电费。
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2. The only industries swelling their payrolls are health care, utilities and the federal government.
只有医疗保健、公共事业和联邦政府这些行业涨了工资。
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3. It also mandated that utilities purchase wind energy at a preferential price—thus guaranteeing investors a customer base.
它还要求公用事业公司以优惠价格购买风能，从而保证投资者有一个客户群。
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4. In Frederick, students' parents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities to keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs.
在腓特烈，学生的父母负责购买教室用品，并主动支付杂物费用和水电费，以保住一年级的教师和校长的工作。
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5. The Public Utilities Commission inspects us once a year.
公用设施委员会每年到我们这里视察一次。
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6. For the consumer, it's a matter of paying now for the hardware to save later on the utilities.
对于消费者而言，现在付钱买硬件，以后能节省电费。
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7. Web sites enhance books by providing pictures, sound, film clips, and flexible indexing and search utilities.
网络站点通过提供图片、声音、电影剪辑以及灵活的索引和搜索工具来推广图书。
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8. The only way college could be free is if the faculty and staff donated their time, the buildings required no maintenance, and campuses required no utilities.
大学免费的唯一途径是教职员工能够捐赠自己的时间，校舍不需要维护，校园不需要公共设施。
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9. The New York State parks system wants to turn off the falls on the American side to replace two 115-year-old stone bridges that allow pedestrians, park vehicles and utilities access to Goat Island.
19. Other operating systems provide similar utilities.
其他操作系统也提供类似的实用工具。
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20. That's the downside of using unsupported utilities.
这是使用不受支持实用程序的缺点。
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21. Valuations of European utilities are now very high.
目前收购欧洲公用事业公司的门槛还非常高。
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22. You cannot use bookmarks when using these utilities.
在使用这些实用程序时，不能使用书签。
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23. You can take complete control of your DB2 utilities.
您可以完全控制您的DB 2实用程序。
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24. The third area of GPT support is system utilities.
GPT支持的第三个领域是系统工具。
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25. Treating them as utilities seems excessive, for two reasons.
将它们作为公用设施有点过分了，理由有二。
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26. These utilities can be used to move data between databases.
这些工具可以用于在数据库之间移动数据。
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27. It's a decision being made by utilities across the country.
这也是全国公用事业部门共同的决定。
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28. Together, these utilities serve many millions of customers.
这些公司的客户数以千万计。
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29. Together, these utilities serve many millions of customers.
这些公司的客户数以千万计。
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用作名词 (n.)
Public utilities are carefully regulated here. 公用事业在这里受到仔细的管理。
Some municipalities operate their own public utilities. 有些城市自行经营自己的公用事业。
Most of the utilities units and general facilities have already been on operation for several months. 许多公用工程设施在几个月前就已经投入运行了。
Carry out inspection and site operation activities of the steam and power generation unit and other utilities units pursuant to the instruction of the shift supervisor. 在值班长的领导下，负责机组和公用工程装置的所有设备的巡回检查及现场操作。
