Usefulness

(n.) The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

校对:马尔科姆

• She had great pleasure in feeling her usefulness, but could not conceive how they would have managed without her. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• But for their usefulness in partially cleansing these terrible streets, they would not be tolerated long. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Here was a career of usefulness opened before me! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Once self-supported by conscience, once embarked on a career of manifest usefulness, the true Christian never yields. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Here was an invention that would more than double the usefulness of the reaper, and one that seems quite as remarkable as the reaper itself. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Her first attempts at usefulness were in an endeavour to find out who were the parents, but Harriet could not tell. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• General Meade was an officer of great merit, with drawbacks to his usefulness that were beyond his control. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• This might have been discouraging to some people; but, once embarked on a career of manifest usefulness, nothing discourages Me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She rapidly advanced in esteem, in good report, and in usefulness, and Abelard as rapidly lost ground. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Of course, my notions of usefulness must be narrow. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The usefulness of forests to man lies: (1) In furnishing him with timber for building, manufacturing, fuel, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• For the avoidance of this, holy marriage festivals will be instituted, and their holiness will be in proportion to their usefulness. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Went down into a modest life of usefulness and happiness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The usefulness of the cantharides, or Spanish flies, in medicine, is known to all, and thousands owe their lives to that knowledge. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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