benefit

benefit
noun
  1. an advantage or profit gained from something
    利益，益处，好处
    enjoy the benefits of being a member.
    享受作为成员的好处。
    [mass noun]the changes are of benefit to commerce.
    这些变化对商贸有益。
  2. payment made by the state or an insurance scheme to someone entitled to receive it, for example an unemployed person
    （国家或保险计划按规定支付的）补助费，救济金，抚恤金，保险金
    a state benefit.
    政府补贴。
    [mass noun]families on benefit.
    享受补贴的家庭。
  3. a public performance or game of which the proceeds go to a particular player or charitable cause[as modifier]
    义演，义赛
(benefited 或 benefitted, benefiting 或 benefitting)
  1. [noobj.]receive an advantage; profit
    得益；获利
    areas that would benefit from regeneration.
    将从复兴中受益的区域。
    ■[with obj.]bring advantage to
    有益于，对…有好处
    the bill will benefit Britain.
    议案将使英国得益。
常用词组
benefit of clergy
  1. (historical)exemption of the English clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts, granted in the Middle Ages but abolished in 1827
    (史)英格兰神职人员或修女不受普通民事法院审判的特权（始于中世纪，1827年废除）
  2. ecclesiastical sanction or approval
    教会的批准（指在教堂举行结婚仪式）
    they lived together without benefit of clergy.
    他们未经教会同意正式结婚就同居了。
the benefit of the doubt
  1. a concession that a person or fact must be regarded as correct or justified, if the contrary has not been proven
    在未证明某人是否有过失或某种情况是否属实以前假定某人无过失或某种情况属实；无罪推定（指在没有证据之前，先假定某人无罪或相信某人的清白）
    I'll give you the benefit of the doubt as to whether it was deliberate or not.
    在未证实你是否蓄意为之以前，我不认为你应承担责任。
for the benefit of
  1. in order to help, guide, or be of service to
    为了…的利益
    a venue run for the benefit of the community.
    专为社区服务的会堂。
    ■in order to interest or impress (someone)
    为引起（某人）的兴趣，做给…看的
    it was all an act put on for his benefit.
    这都是做戏给他看的。
语源
  1. late Middle English (originally denoting a kind deed or something well done): from Old French bienfet, from Latin benefactum 'good deed', from bene facere 'do good (to')
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