benefit
英 ['benɪfɪt]
美['bɛnɪfɪt]
- n. 利益，好处；救济金
- vt. 有益于，对…有益
- vi. 受益，得益
词组搭配
benefit of clergy
(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）
ecclesiastical sanction or approval
教会的批准（指在教堂举行结婚仪式）
they lived together &B{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
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 &B{give} you &B{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
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。
双语例句
- 1. It is certainly worth checking up on your benefit entitlements.
- 查清楚你可以享受哪些福利是绝对有必要的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Each family farms individually and reaps the benefit of its labor.
- 各家经营各自的农场，收获各自的劳动成果。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. In 1986 more than three million were receiving unemployment benefit.
- 1986年，有300多万人领取失业救济金。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Millions of householders are eligible to claim the new council tax benefit.
- 数百万房主都有资格申请新的市政税优惠。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. At first I gave him the benefit of the doubt.
- 起初，我姑且相信了他。
来自柯林斯例句