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Inutility

“Inutility” 是一个名词,指“无用”、“无价值”或“没用”。它是 “utility” (效用,有用) 的反义词,表示某物缺乏实际用途或不能产生预期的效果。

  1. “The critics pointed out the utter inutility of the new government regulation.” (批评人士指出了政府新规的完全无用。)
  2. “He realized the inutility of arguing with someone who wouldn’t listen.” (他意识到与一个不听劝的人争论是徒劳的。)
  3. “Despite its beauty, the ornate handle was a model of inutility because it was too slippery to hold.” (尽管这个装饰华丽的手柄很漂亮,但它却是无用的典型,因为它太滑了,根本握不住。)
  • 词根: ut/us (用,来自拉丁语 uti)。
  • 派生: utility (效用), utilize (利用), use (使用), useful (有用的)。
  • 前缀: in- (否定前缀,意为“不”)。
  • 后缀: -ity (名词后缀,表示性质或状态)。

在功利主义 (Utilitarianism) 哲学中,“utility” 是衡量行为对错的核心标准。因此 “inutility” 在哲学语境下可以指代那些不能增加幸福感或没有实际产出的事物。

  • 形容词: inutile (无用的)
  • 反义词: utility (效用), usefulness (有用)

in- (不) + utility (有用性)。只要记住了 “utility” (公共事业/效用),就能很自然地记住它的反义词。

“In the attic, James found a collection of old, rusted keys. He spent hours trying to find the locks they belonged to, but eventually had to accept their inutility. The doors they once opened were gone, and the keys were now just pieces of heavy metal.” (在阁楼上,詹姆斯发现了一堆生锈的老钥匙。他花了几个小时试图找到它们所属的锁,但最终不得不接受它们的无用。它们曾经开启的门已经不在了,而这些钥匙现在只是沉重的金属片。)