Advantage

[əd'vɑːntɪdʒ] or [əd'væntɪdʒ]

解释:

(noun.) benefit resulting from some event or action; 'it turned out to my advantage'; 'reaping the rewards of generosity'.

(noun.) the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; 'the experience gave him the advantage over me'.

(noun.) (tennis) first point scored after deuce.

(verb.) give an advantage to; 'This system advantages the rich'.

整理:莱昂内尔--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.

(n.) Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.

(n.) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.

(n.) Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).

(v. t.) To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.

整理:洛蒂

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Favorable opportunity, vantage-ground, superior situation or condition, best estate, best plight.[2]. Superiority, ascendency, pre-eminence, upper-hand.[3]. Benefit, avail, profit, gain, emolument, return, utility, expediency, good, weal, service, blessing.[4]. Behalf, behoof, account, interest.[5]. Privilege, prerogative, convenience, accommodation, EASEMENT.

v. a. Benefit, profit, serve, help, avail, advance the interest of, be of advantage to.

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:Gain, success, superiority, help, assistance, benefit, good, avail, interest,utility, service, profit, acquisition

ANT:Loss, disappointment, defeat, frustration, inferiority, obstacle, obstruction,difficulty, dilemma, disadvantage, drawback

录入:弗农

解释:

n. superiority over another: gain or benefit: at tennis the point gained by either side after deuce when both sides stand at an equal score (more commonly Vant′age).—v.t. to benefit or profit.—adjs. Advan′tageable profitable: convenient (rare); Advantā′geous of advantage: useful (with to and for).—adv. Advantā′geously.—n. Advantā′geousness.—To have the advantage of any one to be known by a person without one's self knowing him; To take at advantage to avail one's self of any opportunity often implying an unfair sense.

手打:旺达