advantage

【发音】

美 /əd'væntɪdʒ/ 英 /əd'vɑːntɪdʒ/

【翻译】

1. n.优势；优点；好处

   英释:something that helps you to be more successful than others, or the state of having this

【记忆】

advant(看作advance， 前进) ＋ age(表行为) → 前进， 进步 → 优点

【短语】

1. take advantage of : 利用

2. competitive advantage : 竞争优势

3. advantage in : 发球占先；发球人领先

4. comparative advantage : [经]比较利益；相对优势

5. have the advantage of : 胜过；处于……有利条件

6. advantage over : 占优势；优于…的有利条件

7. take full advantage of : v. 充分利用

8. competition advantage : 竞争优势

9. economic advantage : 经济利益，经济优势

10. absolute advantage : 绝对利益

11. to the advantage of : 对……有利

12. to the best advantage : 效果最佳地；最出色地

13. sustainable competitive advantage : 可持续的竞争优势

14. unfair advantage : 不公平的优势

15. relative advantage : 相对优势；相对利益

16. at an advantage : 处于有利地位

17. have an advantage over : 胜过，优于

18. advantage in competition : 竞争优势

19. mechanical advantage : [机]机械利益

【例句】

1. Younger workers tend to be at an advantage (= have an advantage ) when applying for jobs.

   年轻点的工人申请工作时往往处于优势地位。

2. One of the many advantages of living in New York is that you can eat out at almost any time of day.

   住在纽约的诸多好处之一是几乎任何时候都可以外出吃饭。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Readiness to take advantage of new opportunities will make it easier to create one’s desired future...

2. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...While it may sound like an advantage to many...

3. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...What could have been considered the beginning of a descent is now a potential turning point—the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of...

4. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 听力题)...But to take the advantage of the airline’s guarantee fare policy...

5. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves...

6. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Greater mobility puts younger people at an advantage in seeking new jobs...

7. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...One advantage of sharing is that owners earn money from renting out items not made full use of...

8. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 听力题)...The most import advantage of the school meeting is that it shows the children that the school is really their’s...

9. (2011.6 • CET4 • • 写作题)...Perhaps the primary advantage is that they have the opportunities to compare prices of a product offered by different retailers...

10. (2010.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...Her main reason for returning to academia mid-career was to take advantage of the greater freedom to choose research questions...

【同、近义词】

1. n.优势；[经]利益；有利条件

   behalf/superiority/asset/benefit/edge/

2. vi.获利

   gain/make a profit/

3. vt.有利于；使处于优势

   favor of/be conducive to/

【同根词】

1. adj

   advantageous : 有利的；有益的

   advantaged : 得天独厚的；有利的；占有利位置的

2. adv

   advantageously : 有利地；方便地；有助地

3. v

   advantaged : 有利于（advantage的过去式）