| 单词 | usefulness |
| 释义 | ˈusefulness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†1. The advantage or benefit of (a place). Obs.—1
1483Duke Gloucs. in R. Davies Extr. Munic. Rec. York (1843) 147 For the wele and usefullnes of þe realme.
2. The state or condition of being useful or serviceable; utility, serviceableness.
1617Woodall Surg. Mate (1639) B 3 b, The goodnesse and usefulnesse thereof, for the preserving of mens lives. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacræ iii. i. §16 The peculiar usefulness of the several parts of mans body. 1749Berkeley Word to Wise Wks. 1871 III. 437 We are all agreed about the usefulness of meat, drink, and clothes. 1760‘Portia’ Polite Lady x. 28 The usefulness and importance of all the different parts of education. 1835Penny Cycl. IV. 398/1 Bill of Exchange, a well-known mercantile instrument, of great and extensive usefulness. 1860Ruskin Unto this Last (1862) 125 In accurate terms, usefulness is value in the hands of the valiant. 1871Jowett Plato IV. 19 The preliminary sciences..are to be studied partly with a view to their practical usefulness.
b. With pl.: A good, benefit, or advantage. rare.
1664H. More Exp. 7 Epist. Pref. c iv b, And these..are main Usefulnesses discoverable in the Interpretation. 1668― Div. Dial. I. To Rdr. a j b, The particular Vsefulnesses of the Creation. |
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