benefit
- n. 利益，好處；救濟(jì)金
- vt. 有益于，對…有益
- vi. 受益，得益
詞組搭配
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)英格蘭神職人員或修女不受普通民事法院審判的特權(quán)（始于中世紀(jì)，1827年廢除）
ecclesiastical sanction or approval
教會的批準(zhǔn)（指在教堂舉行結(jié)婚儀式）
they lived together &B{without benefit of clergy}.
他們未經(jīng)教會同意正式結(jié)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
在未證明某人是否有過失或某種情況是否屬實(shí)以前假定某人無過失或某種情況屬實(shí)；無罪推定（指在沒有證據(jù)之前，先假定某人無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.
在未證實(shí)你是否蓄意為之以前，我不認(rèn)為你應(yīng)承擔(dān)責(zé)任。
for the benefit of
in order to help, guide, or be of service to
為了…的利益
a venue run for the benefit of the community.
專為社區(qū)服務(wù)的會堂。