| 单词 | public utility |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspublic utility public utility n. a service or supply regarded as essential to the community, esp. the supply of electricity, gas, and water; (also) a company providing such a service or supply. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun] > useful thing > to the public or community public utility1895 the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > providing a service > provision of public utilities > a public service public utility1895 1895 H. L. Call Coming Revol. iii. 50 The private control of transportation and other public utilities. 1915 Polit. Q. May 106 Now coal mining is a ‘public-utility’ industry. 1928 Daily Chron. 9 Aug. 7/2 Crops have been destroyed and communications and public utilities have been crippled. 1976 H. Tracy Death in Reserve xvii. 129 Public utilities worked with the servicemen with an impressive coherence. 1992 Beaver Aug. 52/3 Not everyone supported the private ownership of public utilities. < as lemmas |
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