benefit /ˈbɛnɪfɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( benefitting, benefitted, benefits )

• 1. 

  N-VAR The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it. 益处; 成效

  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。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT If something is to your benefit or is of benefit to you, it helps you or improves your life. 好处

  例：

  This could now work to Albania's benefit.

  这可能现在对阿尔巴尼亚有利。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I If you benefit from something or if it benefits you, it helps you or improves your life. 有益于; 得益

  例：

  Both sides have benefited from the talks.

  双方都从会谈中获益。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you have the benefit of some information, knowledge, or equipment, you are able to use it so that you can achieve something. 优势

  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。

• 5. 

  N-VAR Benefits are money or other advantages which come from your job, the government, or an insurance company. 福利

  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。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT 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. 义演 [oft N n]

  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。

• 7. 

  → see also fringe benefit

• 8. 

  PHRASE 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. 姑且信其为真

  例：

  At first I gave him the benefit of the doubt.

  起初我姑且信了他。

• 9. 

  PHRASE 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. 为了某人的利益

  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。