advantage

英[əd'vɑːntɪdʒ] 美[əd'væntɪdʒ]
  • n. 优势;有利条件
  • vt. 有利于
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星级词汇:
    n. (名词)
    1. 利益,好处
    2. 优点, 长处
    3. 优势,有利条件,有利因素,有利方面,优越性
    4. 【网球】打成平手而延长比赛后一方先得的一分,优势分
    5. 优惠,便宜
    v. (动词)
    1. 有利于,有益于,有助于
    2. 使处于优势,使处于有利地位
    3. 促进,推动
    4. 得益,获利
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]有利条件,有利因素,优势,优点 condition or circumstance that gives one superiority or success
    2. [U]益处; 利益 benefit; profit

英英释义

Noun:
  1. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position;

    "the experience gave him the advantage over me"

  2. (tennis) first point scored after deuce

  3. benefit resulting from some event or action;

    "it turned out to my advantage"
    "reaping the rewards of generosity"

Verb:
  1. give an advantage to;

    "This system advantages the rich"

1. I want to take advantage of your lifetime of scholarship.
我希望能够用到您一生的学识。

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2. She took advantage of him even after they were divorced.
甚至在他们离婚后,她还在占他的便宜。

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3. The government have not been able to turn today'sdemonstration to their advantage.
政府未能把今天的游行示威转为己用。

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4. The advantage in going faster is that you get there quicker.
快点走的好处在于,你可以早点到达那里。

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5. You may wish to take advantage of our instructional session.
你应该充分利用我们的教学课程。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. For a goalkeeper,it's a great advantage to have big hands.
      对于守门员来说,有一双大手是很大的优势。
    2. Rich has an advantage over you since he can speak German.
      理奇比你占优势,因为他会讲德语。
    3. It is an advantage if you know how to type.
      如果你会打字,对你将有利。
    4. We should take advantage of all educational opportunities.
      我们应该利用一切教育的机会。
    5. Voice training will be to your advantage if you plan to go into the theatre.
      如果你想当演员,进行发音训练对你是有好处的。
    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. Such action will advantage our cause.
      这样的行动有益于我们的事业。
    2. It would advantage him to go abroad.
      出国会对他有好处。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The advantage of a good education are very great.
      受到良好教育的益处很大。
    2. The advantage of booking tickets in advance is that you get better seats.
      预先订票的好处是你可以得到好一些的座位。
    3. One advantage of this car is that it doesn't use much gasoline.
      这种车的一个优点是耗油少。
    4. At the second half of the game the advantage lay definitely with them.
      下半场他们明显占上风。
    5. What possible advantage could there be in changing your job now?
      你现在换工作会有什么好处?
    6. Age gave him the advantage.
      年龄使他具有优势。
    7. This school has many advantages.
      这个学校有很多优点。
    8. Each of these systems has its advantages and disadvantages.
      这些系统各有其优缺点。
    9. Family planning has many advantages.
      计划生育好处多。
    10. It has its compensating advantages.
      它有与其抗衡的优点。
    11. Having a driving licence can be a big advantage.
      拥有驾驶执照可算是一大有利条件。
    12. It has more advantages than disadvantage.
      此事利多弊少。
    13. Living in a big city has many advantages—good schools,libraries,theatres and concerts.
      住在大城市有很多便利,如好的学校、图书馆、剧院和音乐会等。
    14. Do your disadvantages outweigh the advantages?
      弊多于利吗?
    15. He is always considering his personal advantage.
      他总是在考虑个人利益。
    16. In examining the plan, we must weigh the advantages and disadvantages.
      在审查计划时,我们必须权衡利弊。
    17. They threw away their advantage by their savagery to the black population.
      他们因为野蛮对待黑人居民而丧失了自己的有利地位。
    18. She was always at an advantage in arguments.
      她在争论中总占优势。
    19. These jeans were bought at an advantage.
      这些牛仔裤是以优惠价买的。
    20. You will be at an advantage if you have thought about the interview questions in advance.
      如果你预先考虑过面试中提出的问题,就会处于优势。
    21. He thinks of nothing but his own advantage.
      除了自己的利益他什么也不考虑。
    22. Despite the twin advantages of wealth and beauty, she did not have a happy life.
      尽管有金钱和美貌的双重优势,她的生活并不快乐。
    23. One of the advantages of this method is that it saves a lot of fuel.
      这种方法的优点之一就是会节省很多燃料。
    24. Employ your time to the best advantage.
      好好利用你的时间。
    25. He had skillfully exploited the idea to electoral advantage.
      他巧妙地利用这个计策取得选举的优势。
    26. This job comes with the corresponding advantages.
      这项工作会带来相应的好处。
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    1. They claimed many advantages for their new product.
      他们声称他们的新产品有许多优点。
    2. He obtained little advantage from his trip to New York.
      他从纽约之行中获益甚微。
    3. They derived no advantage from doing that.
      他们做那件事得不到任何好处。
    4. In the long run,independent thinking will give us many advantages in every field of science.
      独立思考终究会在各个科学领域给我们带来许多好处。
    5. If the people aim at obtaining some advantage in rank or fortune, nobody wishes them success.
      假如这些人一心想升官发财,是没有人希望他们成功的。
    6. There will be no advantage in waiting any longer.
      再等下去也不会有什么好处。
    7. Is there any advantage in getting there early?
      早到那里是否有利?
    8. There are several advantages in being self-employed.
      个体劳动有不少好处。
    9. Your sister has a romantic disregard of the advantages of money.
      你妹妹的思想浪漫,无视金钱的好处。
    10. He at once grasped the advantages of the situation.
      他立即抓住了这个有利的位置。
    11. She explained the advantages of the new system over the old one.
      她说明新制度胜过旧制度的种种优点。
    12. The location combines advantages of country and city.
      这个地方兼有农村和城市的优点。
    13. Our team have the advantage of experience.
      我们队有经验丰富这一优势。
    14. She had the advantage of a good education.
      她具有受过良好教育的有利条件。
    15. This method has the advantage of saving a lot of fuel.
      此方法有节省大量燃料的优点。
    16. Our team had the advantage of playing at our home ground.
      我们队占了主场的优势。
    17. A small car has the added advantage of being cheaper to run.
      小型轿车还有一个优点是运行成本比较便宜。
    18. It is of great advantage to me.
      这对我非常有利。
    19. His wealth was an obvious advantage to us.
      他的财富是我们明显的优势。
    20. Are there any special advantages to us if we follow your plan?
      如果我们照你的计划办,那对我们有什么特别的好处呢?
    21. The voting system gives an advantage to the larger parties.
      投票体制给大党提供了有利条件。
    ~+to- v
    1. For a goalkeeper, it's a great advantage to have big hands.
      对于守门员来说,有一双大手是很大的优势。
    2. It was an advantage to have that team as our opponent in the first round.
      在第一轮比赛中以那个队做对手是有利的。
n. (名词)
  1. advantage的基本意思是“有利条件,优势”,指条件、环境、地位等优于他人或其他事物,而不指物质方面的好处,是可数名词。常与介词over连用,指“与…相比的长处”; 作“优越性”解,其后还可接介词to。
  2. advantage还可作“利益,益处”解,是不可数名词,其后可接介词from或in。
  1. 在the advantages of e-mail over telegram中注意搭配使用的是over;
  2. advantage后接的介词of与over可替换,表示相同意思。

    You have the advantage of/over me in experience.
    你比我有经验。

n. (名词)
advantage, benefit, interest, profit
  • 这组词的共同意思是“优势”“好处”“利益”。其区别是:
  • 1.advantage一般用于指地位上的优势,尤指对立双方中的某一方所具有的有利条件;benefit指个人或社会所获得的利益或好处;profit主要指所获得的物质利益,尤指金钱上的利益;interest常用其复数形式interests表示“利益”。
  • 2.advantage一般不用于指所获得的物质利益;interest多限于表示一些抽象的如“投资”这样的权益,或指应付的“利息”;profit通常只用于指具体利益,偶尔用于抽象事物指权力或知识的增长等;benefit则既可指具体利益,也可指抽象事物上的收获或帮助。
  • advantage,benefit,interest,favour,profit,gain
  • 这些名词均有“利益、好处”之意。
  • advantage指因某方面占优势或利用某机会以及对方弱点而获得利益与好处。
  • benefit普通用词,指通过正当手段从物质或精神方面得到的任何好处或利益。
  • interest作“利益”解时,多用复数形式,既可指集团、群体的利益,又可指个人的利益。
  • favour指在竞争中获得的advantage,也可指狭隘的个人利益。
  • profit着重收益,尤指从物质、钱财等方面获得的利益。
  • gain指获得的物质利益,也暗示不损坏他人利益而得的无形好处。
  • 常见错误

    n. (名词)
      他出身于富裕家庭而比其他孩子有优势。

      He had the good advantage over the other boys of being born in a rich family.

      He had the advantage over the other boys of being born in a rich family.

      advantage 本身含有good, helpful, useful的含意,其前不能再用这些词修饰。

    词源解说

    • ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语,直接源自古法语的avantage,意为在某人或事之前;最初源自拉丁语的abantaticum。
    用作名词 (n.)
    have the advantage of
      比(某人)强;胜过;优于 be in a better position than sb,especially in knowing sth that he does not know
    have an/the advantage over
      比(某人)强;胜过;优于 be in a better position than sb,especially in knowing sth that he does not know
    take advantage of
      勾引(女人)seduce (a woman)
    to advantage
      有效地;出色地;使优点突出地in a way that shows the best of sth
    to sb's advantage
      对某人有利 with results which are profitable or helpful to sb
    turn to advantage
      使转为有利;变为有利;充分利用use or change a bad situation so that it helps you
      turn sth to advantage

      We must turn these machines to advantage.

      我们必须充分发挥这些机器的作用。

      We must turn our knowledge to advantage.

      我们必须充分利用我们的知识。

      This failure may be turned to our advantage.

      也许可以把这次失败变为对我们有利的事情。

    用作名词 (n.)
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