n.
- 利益，好處；優勢[U][C]
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The new hospital will be a great
benefit to the town.
新建成的醫院將給全城帶來莫大好處。
- 津貼，救濟金[C][U]
- 義演，義賣[C]
- 【美】（收入的）免稅部分[U]
vt.
- 對……有益，有益於
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The sea air will
benefit you.
海邊的空氣對你有益。
vi.
- 得益，受惠[（+by/from）]
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We
benefited greatly by this frank talk.
這次坦率的談話使我們獲益匪淺。
片語
benefit from/by
- 得益於
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You'll
benefit by a holiday.
假期對你有益。
give sb. the benefit of the doubt
- 假定某人是無辜的
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I'm willing to
give him the benefit of the doubt.
我願意假定他是無辜的。
辨析
n.
- an advantage or profit gained from something.
- a payment made by the state or an insurance scheme to someone entitled to receive it, e.g. an unemployed person.
- a public performance designed to raise money for a charity.
v.
(benefits, benefiting or benefitting, benefited or benefitted)
receive an advantage; profit.
▸bring advantage to.
Phrase
- benefit of clergy
- exemption of the English clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts (abolished in 1827).
- ecclesiastical sanction or approval.
- the benefit of the doubt
a concession that a person or fact must be regarded as correct, if the contrary has not been proven.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. bienfet, from L. benefactum ‘good deed’, from bene facere ‘do good (to)’.
