advantage

【发音】

美 /əd'væntɪdʒ/ 英 /əd'vɑːntɪdʒ/

【翻译】

1. n. 优点， 优势， 好处

   英释:a good or useful feature that something has

【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。

【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）