利用

• 拼音: lì yòng
• 汉字拆解: 利 = 禾 (grain) + 刂 (knife), meaning sharp or profitable — cutting grain efficiently; 用 = a pictograph of a fence or container, meaning to use

含义

To use; to utilise; to take advantage of. Implies making practical use of something available.

More purposeful than 用 (use). 利用 implies making strategic or efficient use of resources, time, opportunities, or conditions. Can also carry a negative nuance meaning to exploit someone — 利用别人 means to use someone for one's own benefit. Context determines whether the nuance is positive (resourceful) or negative (exploitative).

例句

1. 我们应该利用好每一分钟。
2. 他利用周末的时间学了做菜。
3. 这个方法可以利用太阳能发电。

用法指南

语境: efficiency, strategy, resources

语气: practical

正确说法

• 要好好利用这次机会。(Make good use of this opportunity.)
• 她善于利用自己的优势。(She's good at leveraging her strengths.)

错误说法

• 我利用了筷子吃饭。(Don't use 利用 for routine tool usage — that's just 用. Say 我用筷子吃饭. 利用 implies strategic or special use.)

起源与历史

利 means benefit or sharp; 用 means to use. Together: to use something for benefit — to make beneficial use of something.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal