Advantageous
[ædvən'teɪdʒəs] or ['ædvən'tedʒəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) giving an advantage; 'a contract advantageous to our country'; 'socially advantageous to entertain often' .
(adj.) appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness .
切丽錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.
整理:利亚
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Beneficial, profitable, helpful, useful, convenient, serviceable, salutary, favorable, expedient, good, well, for one's advantage, for one's interest, for one's good.
校對:史蒂文
例句/造句/用法:
- Wines, currants, and wrought silks, were the only goods which did not fall within this rule, having other and more advantageous allowances. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Agriculture is the proper business of all new colonies; a business which the cheapness of land renders more advantageous than any other. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But an advantageous connection, such as can be formed in consonance with dignity of views and permanency of solid interests, is not so bad--eh? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They are advantageous even to that part of the country. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- A form of breech-loading cannon was introduced in the sixteenth century, but the advantageous use of this device is of late invention. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- But in future wars--if such there are to be--it may point to a future of advantageous trade. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Advantageous as would be the alliance, and long standing and public as was the engagement, her happiness must not be sacrificed to it. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Every man's interest would prompt him to seek the advantageous, and to shun the disadvantageous employment. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- And it would, I think, be beneficial to you: it would be an advantageous way of managing the land which I mean to be yours. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And the good is advantageous? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- A direct foreign trade of consumption is always more advantageous than a round-about one. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But whether it was advantageous to plant a new vineyard, was a matter of dispute among the ancient Italian husbandmen, as we learn from Columella. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The wealth of neighbouring nations, however, though dangerous in war and politics, is certainly advantageous in trade. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In a different state of things it might have been advantageous to the sovereign and hurtful to the landlord. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- McClernand's position was an advantageous one in any event. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- We commonly consider ourselves as we appear in the eyes of others, and sympathize with the advantageous sentiments they entertain with regard to us. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Its ultimate object, however, it pretends, is always the same, to enrich the country by an advantageous balance of trade. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Socrates proceeds: I have now to prove that this scheme is advantageous and also consistent with our entire polity. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- I for my part deem the life of the just to be the more advantageous, he answered. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It is by this additional force, ability, and security, that society becomes advantageous. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Carbon for commutator brushes has been superseded by graphite in some cases, the latter material being found much more advantageous, electrically. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In England, and in all Roman catholic countries, the lottery of the church is in reality much more advantageous than is necessary. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In its own nature it is just as advantageous as any other, though, perhaps, somewhat more liable to be abused. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- They are advantageous to the town by breaking down the monopoly of the country in its neighbourhood. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I know you have refused three--nay, four--advantageous offers, and, I believe, a fifth. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But the study of his own advantage naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to the society. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Both these circumstances are advantageous. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Mrs. Pryor there sometimes talks of leaving me, and says I might make a more advantageous connection than herself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
校對:史蒂文