新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

benefitIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈbenɪfɪt]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

benefits
1. [C, U 有变体名词] 益处 , 成效
The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
近义词
advantage , profit
反义词
disadvantage , drawback
双语例句
例：
Each family farms individually and reaps the benefit of its labour.
每个家庭独立耕作，收获各自的劳动成果。
例：
I'm a great believer in the benefits of this form of therapy.
我对这种疗法的益处深信不疑。
例：
For maximum benefit, use your treatment every day.
为了取得最佳效果，你应该每天接受治疗。
2. [U 不可数名词] 好处
If something is to your benefit or is of benefit to you, it helps you or improves your life.
近义词
advantage
双语例句
例：
This could now work to Albania's benefit.
这可能现在对阿尔巴尼亚有利。
例：
I hope what I have written will be of benefit to someone else.
我希望我写的东西会对其他人有好处。
3. [U 不可数名词] 优势
If you have the benefit of some information, knowledge, or equipment, you are able to use it so that you can achieve something.
近义词
advantage
双语例句
例：
Steve didn't have the benefit of a formal college education.
史蒂夫没有接受过正规大学教育的优势。
例：
This remarkable achievement took place without the benefit of modern telecommunications.
这项非凡成就的取得并没有利用现代电信业的优势。
4. [C, U 有变体名词] 福利
Benefits are money or other advantages which come from your job, the government, or an insurance company.
双语例句
例：
McCary will receive about $921,000 in retirement benefits.
麦克卡里将获得大约九十二万一千美元的退休福利。
例：
the skyrocketing cost of health care and medical benefits.
一路飚升的健康保健和医疗保险福利金。
5. [C 可数名词] 义演
A benefit, or a benefit concert or dinner, is an event that is held in order to raise money for a particular charity or person.
双语例句
例：
a memorial benefit concert for the Bonhoeffer endowment.
一场纪念邦赫费尔基金的慈善音乐会。

PHRASE. 习语

the benefit of the doubt
1. 姑且信其为真
If you give someone the benefit of the doubt, you treat them as if they are telling the truth or as if they have behaved properly, even though you are not sure that this is the case.
双语例句
例：
At first I gave him the benefit of the doubt.
起初我姑且信了他。
for the benefit of someone
1. 为了某人的利益
If you say that someone is doing something for the benefit of a particular person, you mean that they are doing it for that person.
双语例句
例：
You need people working for the benefit of the community.
你需要一些为公众利益服务的人。

VERB. 动词

benefits , benefiting , benefited
1. [I 不及物动词] 有益于 , 得益
If you benefit from something or if it benefits you, it helps you or improves your life.
近义词
profit , gain , help
双语例句
例：
Both sides have benefited from the talks.
双方都从会谈中获益。
例：
a variety of government programmes benefiting children.
许多使儿童获益的政府项目。