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

　assess ～s　对有利条件作估计
　consolidate the ～　巩固优势
　discuss the ～s and disadvantages　讨论利害得失
　draw ～ from　从…中获益
　enhance ～s　加强有利条件
　enjoy the ～ of　享受…的便利
　gain an ～　取得优势
　grasp ～s　抓住有利条件
　get an ～　取得优势
　have an ～　具有优势
　hold an ～　占有优势
　home an ～　想尽办法捞油水
　offer ～s to　向…提供方便
　offset an ～　将长处抵消
　operate to sb's ～　（法律、规则）对某人有利
　possess the ～ of　具有…的优势
　press ～　想尽办法捞油水
　procure ～　获取利益
　prove to sb's ～　证明对…有利
　reap ～　获得利益
　secure ～　获得利益
　take ～ of　利用
　turn sth to ～　把…转化为有利条件
　win an ～　取得优势
　apparent ～　明显的优势
　big ～　大的优势
　clear ～　明显的优势
　commercial ～　商业利益
　common ～　共同的利益
　corresponding ～s　相应的好处
　cultural ～　文化方面的优势
　decided ～　确定的优势
　definite ～　确定的优势
　distinct ～　明显的长处
　double ～　双重好处
　doubtful ～　靠不住的优势
　geographical ～　地缘优势
　good ～　优势
　great ～　很大好处
　immense ～　巨大好处
　long-term ～　长远的利益
　many ～s　许多有利条件
　mutual ～　相互得益
　natural ～　天然的有利条件
　obvious ～　明显的优势
　personal ～　个人优势
　political ～　政治上的有利条件
　relative ～　相对优势
　short-term ～　暂时的利益
　slight ～　微小的优势
　strategic ～　战略优势
　substantial ～　有实质性的便宜
　tangible ～　看得见的好处
　twofold ～　双重好处
　unfair ～　不公正的有利条件
　business ～　商业利益
　～ instruction　优先指令
　at an ～　有利地
　for the ～ of　为便利…起见
　to ～　有利（地），便利，（因…而）更加，越发
　with ～　有利地，有效地
　～ from　来自…的优势
　～ of city life　都市生活的便利
　～ of an education　受教育的有利条件
　～ over　比…优越，优于
　～ to　对…有利

　The advantage of a good education are very great.　受到良好教育的益处很大。
　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。
　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。
　At the second half of the game the advantage lay definitely with them.　下半场他们明显占上风。
　What possible advantage could there be in changing your job now?　你现在换工作会有什么好处?
　Age gave him the advantage.　年龄使他具有优势。
　This school has many advantages.　这个学校有很多优点。
　Each of these systems has its advantages and disadvantages.　这些系统各有其优缺点。
　Family planning has many advantages.　计划生育好处多。
　It has its compensating advantages.　它有与其抗衡的优点。
　Having a driving licence can be a big advantage.　拥有驾驶执照可算是一大有利条件。
　It has more advantages than disadvantage.　此事利多弊少。
　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。
　Do your disadvantages outweigh the advantages? 　弊多于利吗?
　He is always considering his personal advantage.　他总是在考虑个人利益。
　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。
　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。
　She was always at an advantage in arguments.　她在争论中总占优势。
　These jeans were bought at an advantage.　这些牛仔裤是以优惠价买的。
　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。
　He thinks of nothing but his own advantage.　除了自己的利益他什么也不考虑。
　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。
　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。
　Employ your time to the best advantage.　好好利用你的时间。
　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。
　This job comes with the corresponding advantages.　这项工作会带来相应的好处。
　They claimed many advantages for their new product.　他们声称他们的新产品有许多优点。
　He obtained little advantage from his trip to New York.　他从纽约之行中获益甚微。
　They derived no advantage from doing that.　他们做那件事得不到任何好处。
　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。
　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。
　There will be no advantage in waiting any longer.　再等下去也不会有什么好处。
　Is there any advantage in getting there early?　早到那里是否有利?
　There are several advantages in being self-employed.　个体劳动有不少好处。
　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。
　He at once grasped the advantages of the situation.　他立即抓住了这个有利的位置。
　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。
　The location combines advantages of country and city.　这个地方兼有农村和城市的优点。
　Our team have the advantage of experience.　我们队有经验丰富这一优势。
　She had the advantage of a good education.　她具有受过良好教育的有利条件。
　This method has the advantage of saving a lot of fuel.　此方法有节省大量燃料的优点。
　Our team had the advantage of playing at our home ground.　我们队占了主场的优势。
　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。
　It is of great advantage to me.　这对我非常有利。
　His wealth was an obvious advantage to us.　他的财富是我们明显的优势。
　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?
　The voting system gives an advantage to the larger parties.　投票体制给大党提供了有利条件。
　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。
　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。

 ♣ 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
　He has the advantage of me when he talks about science.　他谈起科学来要比我内行得多。
　You have the advantage of me in experience.　在经验方面，你胜过我。
　Being a very good speaker, Sam has the advantage of his political opponents in the televised debates.　由于他擅长演说，所以在电视辩论中萨姆总能压倒他的政敌。
 ♣ 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
　〔说明〕 本短语中的have还可换成gain, get, win或give sb等。
　She has an advantage over her rival.　她对她的对手占优势。
　As a scientist I have a slight advantage over him.　作为科学家我比他略有优势。
　Job had an advantage over his mother in that he knew Spanish.　乔布因为懂西班牙语而比他母亲占有优势。
　He had one advantage over Sophia. He knew the customs of that country.　他比索菲亚在一个方面占有优势，他了解该国的风俗。
　Don't let him get the advantage over us.　不要让他占我们的便宜。
　My speed gave me an advantage over them.　我的速度使我比他们占优势。
　Her connections gave her an advantage over the others.　她的关系使她比别人更有优势。
　Her French upbringing gives her certain advantages over other students in her class.　她的法国教养比她班上其他同学占有某些有利条件。
　Being tall gave him an advantage over the other players.　他个子高，比其他运动员有利。
　His height and reach give him a big advantage over other boxers.　他的身高和臂长使他比其他拳击运动员更具优势。
　Her teaching experience gave her a big advantage over the other applicants for the job.　她的教学经历使她比起其他求职者来说具有很大的有利条件。
　Tom's university education gave him an advantage over most boys here.　汤姆受过的大学教育使他比这里大多数的男孩更有优势。
　Tony had a first-rate education and this gave him an advantage over boys who had not been well educated.　托尼曾受过的一流的教育，这一点使他较之未受良好教育的孩子们占有优势。
 ♣ take advantage of
1. 巧妙利用（机会等）use well, properly etc. opportunities which one has at a certain time
　We took full advantage of the laboratory's equipments.　我们充分利用了实验室的设备。
　We took full advantage of the hotel facilities.　我们充分享用了旅馆设施。
　He took full advantage of the mistakes made by his rivals.　他充分利用对手所犯的错误。
　Jane took advantage of the lunch hour to finish her homework.　简利用午餐时间完成作业。
　They took advantage of the fine weather today to play tennis.　他们利用今天的好天气去打网球。
　We took advantage of the fine weather and spent the day at the beach.　趁着天气好，我们到海滩过了一天。
　You have to take advantage of what time there is.　你得分秒必争。
　She took advantage of the children's absence to tidy their rooms.　她趁孩子们不在时收拾了他们的房间。
　Thanks, I'll take advantage of your offer.　谢谢，我就借助你所提供的条件吧。
　Take advantage of this week's lower prices.　利用本周低价位的优势趁机买进。
　He took advantage of his visit to Paris to improve his French.　他利用访问巴黎之机提高法语。
　I think she'll take advantage of his good nature.　我认为她会利用他善良的本性。
　Proper advantage is not being taken of this splendidly equipped sports hall.　这座设施豪华的体育馆没有被充分利用起来。
2. （利用自己的优势或他人的弱点）占…的便宜use one's strength, or another's weekness to get what one wants from sb
　He has always been taking advantage of me.　他老是用不正当的手段占我的便宜。
　Don't take advantage of smaller children.　不要占比自己小的孩子的便宜。
　She took advantage of my kindness.　她利用我的好心。
　He took advantage of my generosity.　他利用我的慷慨占了便宜。
　He wouldn't take advantage of her youth.　他不愿看她年轻而占她的便宜。
3. 勾引（女人）seduce (a woman)
　He took advantage of her in the woods.　他在林子里诱奸了她。
　The girl's mother warned her that men would try to take advantage of her.　那个姑娘的母亲告诫她要谨防男人勾引。
 ♣ to advantage
　有效地；出色地；使优点突出地　in a way that shows the best of sth
　〔说明〕 本短语中的to还可换成with等。
　The photograph showed him to advantage.　他在这张照片中照得挺不错的。
　It is seldom made use of to advantage.　很少充分利用它。
　The jeweler's display showed the diamonds to advantage.　珠宝商的展示使那些钻石更为醒目。
　That dress sets her figure off to advantage.　那套裙子把她的身段衬托得更加婀娜多姿。
　Hang the picture somewhere where it will show up to advantage.　把这幅画挂在便于它显示较好效果的地方。
　We must use to advantage what ability we may possess.　我们必须有效地利用自己的才能。
 ♣ to sb's advantage
　对某人有利　with results which are profitable or helpful to sb
　Things turned out to her advantage.　事情的结果是对她有利。
　Eventually, the new regulations will work to our advantage.　新规章制度最终将对我们有利。
　The lawyer's letter said she would hear something to her advantage if she contacted him.　律师在信上说，如果她和他联络，她会听到对她有利的消息。
　It would be to your advantage to attend this meeting.　参加这次会议会对你有利。
　It will be to your advantage to study abroad.　出国学习将对你有利。
　It might be to your advantage to learn Spanish.　学习西班牙语或许会对你有好处。
　It would be to your advantage to agree to his demands.　答应他的要求对你有好处。
　It would be to your advantage to improve your writing skills.　提高写作技巧对你会有好处的。
　You will find it to your advantage to go to the country for a change.　你会发现到乡下换个环境对你有好处。
 ♣ 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
　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。

 ♣ 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。

　他出身于富裕家庭而比其他孩子有优势。
　［误］ He had the good advantage over the other boys of being born in a rich family.
　［正］ He had the advantage over the other boys of being born in a rich family.
　［析］ advantage本身含有good, helpful, useful的含意，其前不能再用这些词修饰。

　advantage　偶尔还可用作动词，意思是“使处于有利地位；有利于；有助于”，是及物动词。例如：
　Boston was also advantaged with the neighbourhood of the country's oldest college.　波士顿也因附近有本国最古老的学院而得益不少。

　［同义词］ benefit, superiority
　［反义词］ disadvantage
　［词源］中古英语avantage（处于领先状态）