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benefit/ˈbenifit/ n. & v.●n. 1 a favourable or helpful factor or circumstance; advantage, profit 益处，好处；帮助，便利 2 (often in pl. 常用复数) payment made under insurance, social security, welfare, etc. 保险赔偿费，社会安全保障费(福利津贴等) sickness benefit 疾病补助费 3 a public performance or game of which the proceeds go to a particular player or company or charitable cause 义演，义赛 ●v. (benefited, benefiting; US [美] benefitted, benefitting) 1 tr. do good to; bring advantage to 有益于，有利于 2 intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 from, by) receive an advantage or gain 受益，得益 □ benefit of clergy 1 hist. exemption of the English tonsured clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts [史义]神职人员(不受普通法院审判)的特权 2 ecclesiastical sanction or approval 教会的批准，教会的许可 marriage without benefit of clergy 没有教会证明的婚姻 □ the benefit of the doubt a concession that a person is innocent, correct, etc., although doubt exists 虽存疑但承认某人无罪(或无过等) [Middle English via Anglo-French benfet, Old French bienfet from Latin benefactum, from bene facere ‘do well’] |