Utilitarian

(noun.) someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility.

(adj.) having a useful function; 'utilitarian steel tables' .

(adj.) having utility often to the exclusion of values; 'plain utilitarian kitchenware' .

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• The utilitarian principle is valuable as a corrective of error, and shows to us a side of ethics which is apt to be neglected. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Their utilitarian value in forming habits of skill to be used for tangible results is important, but not when isolated from the appreciative side. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Under the utilitarian motive of Rosedale's wooing she had felt, clearly enough, the heat of personal inclination. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Uncouth and clumsy doors, windows and blinds, were framed on the simplest utilitarian basis, and a scanty supply of rude hand-made furniture imperfectly filled the simple wants of the home. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The luxury of lying late in bed was a pleasure belonging to the life of ease; it had no part in the utilitarian existence of the boarding-house. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Such knowing is depreciated, if not despised, as purely utilitarian, lacking in cultural significance. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It is the most compact, business-like, and dangerous of all utilitarian devices. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Moreover, Hugo, like Bacon, insisted on the importance of not being narrowly utilitarian. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The coin operated, or nickel-in-the-slot machine, finds a popular demand, while its utilitarian use as an amanuensis, or stenographer, is as yet a subordinate one. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In the most commercial and utilitarian states of society the power of ideas remains. 柏拉图. 理想国.

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