动词
词源
源自法語 utiliser，源自意大利語 utilizzare，源自utile (“有用的”)，源自拉丁語 ūtilis，源自ūtī (“使用”)。最早見於c. 1810。
读音
- /ˈjuːtəlaɪz/
释义
使用，利用
The bodywork employs, where possible, the same constructional methods as for the standard B.R. coaching stock, in order to utilise existing jigs and press tools.
1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:使有用，給……找到用處
充分運用
Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room).
1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715:湊合著用