| 词组 | advantage |
| 释义 | advantage In the sense of "superiority of position or condition," advantage was formerly followed by of: • Lest Satan should get an advantage of us —2 Corinthians 2:11 (AV), 1611 • We undoubtedly have the advantage of England, in promoting a comparative purity in language among the entire mass of our population —William S. Car-dell, circular issued in the name of The American Academy of Language and Belles Lettres, 1821 (in Baron 1982) The phrase "have the advantage of with personal subject and object at one time was used in polite conversation to admit not remembering having been introduced before: • "You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to have had the honour." —Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals, 1775 The usual preposition in modern use is over: • The exacting life of the sea has this advantage over the life of the earth, that its claims are simple and cannot be evaded —Joseph Conrad, Chance, 1913 • ... it is generally conceded that Soviet chess players hold an advantage over competitors of other nationalities —Current Biography, July 1967 Of still prevails in take advantage of: • ... bullying or taking an unfair advantage of the other person —Margaret Mead, And Keep Your Powder Dry, 1942 In modern use of most often denotes a simple genitive relationship: • ... personal favoritism or the advantage of a family name —Charles Frankel, Columbia Forum, Summer 1970 • The author of the second poem has the advantage of dealing with a more unusual death —Florence Tre-fethen, The Writer, May 1968 • The advantages to an economy of this sort of literacy are apparent —Robert Pattison, On Literacy, 1982 Here are a few other idiomatic phrases with advantage: • ... restaurateurs are more and more finding it in their advantage to tinker with menus —Dave Rank, Cooking for Profit, July 1982 • She wears clothes from them all—and wears them to advantage —Gail Cameron, Ladies' Home Jour., August 1971 • A miner will learn ... to use his body to best advantage —Laurence Learner, Harper's, December 1971 • What we should do is make it to everyone's advantage to reach environmental goals —Peter F. Drucker, Harper's, January 1972 |
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