To live in a pipeline, a utility needs to read data from standard input and write data to standard output.

为了生活在管道中，实用程序需要从标准输入读取数据，然后向标准输出写出数据。

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Of course, it would be a significant amount of work for the programmer to have to redefine all of the standard utility classes — such as Hashtable and List — just to be able to use generic types.

当然，程序员若只是为了能使用泛型类型而必须重新定义所有的标准实用程序类(比如Hashtable和List)的话，则可能会是一项浩大的工程。

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The wget utility is useful but isn't commonly found standard in distributions.

wget 实用程序很有用，但在标准的系统分发版中很难找到它。

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He says, "I dispute the pretensions of any theory which sets up an imaginary standard of justice not grounded on utility."

他说，我反对任何理论,不以功利为基础，虚构公正标准“

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He makes it clear that utility is the only standard of morality, in his view, so he's not challenging Bentham's premise. He's affirming it.

明确指出功利是道德的唯一标准，在他看来，他并没有质疑边沁的前提，而是肯定此观点。

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Dan Gillmor has a nice column outlining what Facebook would like to do: become a monopoly or standard utility.

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PowerBox Concept hybrid, for example, shown at the L.A. show, looks a lot like a standard sports utility vehicle (SUV) but combines a supercharged V-6 engine that runs on compressed natural gas and an electric motor that provides added power for acceleration and passing.

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But utility service outages are a standard part of life in such nations and so it may be impossible to tell, at least at first, whether outages near the first of the new year are related to the year 2000 computer glitch or just a normal daily event.

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