| 单词 | advantage |
| 释义 | advantage (ædvɑːntɪdʒ , -væn- ) Word forms: advantages 1. countable noun B1 An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people. They are deliberately flouting the law in order to obtain an advantage over their competitors. [+ over] A good crowd will be a definite advantage to me and the rest of the team. [+ to] Synonyms: benefit, use, start, help 2. uncountable noun B2 Advantage is the state of being in a better position than others who are competing against you. The family hold a position of social and economic advantage in the region. Synonyms: lead, control, edge, sway 3. countable noun B2 An advantage is a way in which one thing is better than another. The great advantage of home-grown oranges is their magnificent flavour. This custom-built kitchen has many advantages over a standard one. [+ over] Synonyms: superiority, good, worth, gain 4. take advantage of something phrase B2 If you take advantage of something, you make good use of it while you can. I intend to take full advantage of this trip to buy the things we need. 5. take advantage of someone phrase B2 If someone takes advantage of you, they treat you unfairly for their own benefit, especially when you are trying to be kind or to help them. He felt the church was taking advantage of her and pushing her to work too many hours. 6. to one's advantage phrase If you use or turn something to your advantage, you use it in order to benefit from it, especially when it might be expected to harm or damage you. The government have not been able to turn today's demonstration to their advantage. 7. to best advantage phrase [PHRASE after verb] If something is shown to good advantage or to best advantage, it is shown in a way that reveals its best features. The walls were painted in muted tones to show the pictures to good advantage. Collocations: added advantage They have the added advantage of being low in calories, so will help your detox along. Times, Sunday Times (2007) An added advantage is that Venice is just a couple of hours away. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The added advantage of this method is that it also works for bees. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He has the advantage of incumbency and of an economy that grew by an average annual rate of 2.5 per cent in the first three years of his administration. Times,Sunday Times He has a bulging war chest, all the advantages of incumbency and a record of confounding his doubters. Times, Sunday Times It advocates reform in specific areas of government, wanting to reduce the advantage of incumbency and the influence of campaign contributions on politicians and policy decisions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She ran a thoroughly municipal campaign, meaning that she spent more effort angling to acquire the advantages of incumbency than she did fighting political battles. Globe and Mail It merely demonstrated that the administration has the capacity to deploy the advantages of incumbency to save the president from being unseated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The low euro means that continental manufacturers have a built-in advantage. Times, Sunday Times Like other elected officials, supervisors enjoy built-in advantages of incumbency. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many of the features common to the most widely practiced religions provide built-in advantages in an evolutionary context, she writes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To focus on the problems, while ignoring the clear economic advantages, is as wrong as the opposite. Times, Sunday Times (2007) This is where England have a clear advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The Conservatives have a clear advantage on such issues. Times, Sunday Times (2011) We have very little time left to gain a commercial advantage in the clean energy field. Times, Sunday Times (2009) We are a confident nation, outward looking, with a keen eye to commercial advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2011) This inevitably leads to disputes as some businesses look to gain an unfair commercial advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Further, it can help to explain how economies adapt to changing patterns of comparative advantage. Competing in a Global Economy (1990) For us, these ties represent a comparative advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Britain should champion areas in which it has a comparative advantage over other countries. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Big brains in relation to body size can confer advantages, such as being able to outwit predators and adapt to new situations. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Becoming a charity confers very considerable tax advantages, including exemption from income tax and stamp duty. Times, Sunday Times (2010) In evolutionary terms, this does suggest that such beliefs confer an advantage in terms of survival. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Getting a big shot off the tee gives the player a considerable advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2009) That means that both gain considerable economic advantages while retaining their independence. Times, Sunday Times (2014) There are considerable advantages to investing in property via a fund rather than directly. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The low-cost airlines also had an inbuilt cost advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Businesses in the regions can also use their cost advantage to grab business from London and southeast England. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It viewed direct sales as an important cost advantage over competitors selling through retailers. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Any mistake can hand the most crucial advantage to your rivals. The Sun (2013) She still has the crucial advantage of being a household name. Times, Sunday Times (2011) This experience could be a crucial advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Unsurprisingly she quickly gained a decisive advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2012) If he does that, he might have a decisive advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The two boats will try to outmanoeuvre each other to gain the decisive advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Holding a meeting in the pastor's office gives a definite advantage if we want to exert our authority, negotiate from strength, or exercise discipline. Christianity Today You just have to glance at people to know how their minds are working and this gives you a definite advantage in any negotiations. The Sun The absence of a drummer proved a definite advantage given the venue's acoustics. Times, Sunday Times For writers, especially if you're working on a linear form like the novel, it's a definite advantage to be able to spot large scale patterns around you. Times, Sunday Times Among this welter of items, however, books would seem to have a definite advantage in the claim to pre-eminence. Times, Sunday Times The main party candidates are much better able to reach the public and have a distinct advantage over independent rivals. Times, Sunday Times (2010) As an island we have a distinct advantage. The Sun (2015) This gives them a distinct advantage over their opponents. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Attending a private school continues to be associated with economic advantage, even when comparing students with very similar academic backgrounds. Times, Sunday Times Victory has nothing to do with economic advantage. The Sun It noted that the music director could not show that 'there was an intentional, without justification, interference' with his economic advantage. Christianity Today Trying to secure economic advantage through political capture can turn messy and go horribly wrong. Times, Sunday Times It was usually to achieve the further end of securing an economic advantage to themselves. Times, Sunday Times They believe this would be to their own, and ultimately to their party's, electoral advantage. Times, Sunday Times Nothing motivates him like electoral advantage — and increasing home ownership wins votes. The Sun But the proceedings have already become a scramble for electoral advantage. Times,Sunday Times At first sight, politicians who are not seen as annoying might appear to have an electoral advantage. Times, Sunday Times An air of injured goodwill - their olive branch rejected - might be spun to electoral advantage. Times, Sunday Times After all, they did not enjoy the same advantages as I did in my upbringing. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The party enjoy some big advantages in this election race. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The valley enjoys many natural advantages. BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty (2002) In that the printed page encourages the use of the imagination in a way a visual image never can, books have an enormous advantage over computer games and videos. Times, Sunday Times The results of games between them go firmly against the notion that a team gain an enormous advantage from being at home and that good fortune almost routinely favours them. Times, Sunday Times Aspiring architects who could afford to buy an articled pupillage in one of the leading firms had an enormous advantage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Having one's name printed on the ballot confers an enormous advantage over candidates who are not on the ballot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its ability to rapidly scan large areas would give an enormous advantage to radar meteorologists. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Do we want to erode that advantage in the century ahead? The Sun But new, smaller petrol engines are now eroding that advantage by providing a significant improvement in fuel economy without imposing the usual diesel compromises. Times, Sunday Times Technological advances in sound dampening, noise isolation and cancellation have substantially eroded this advantage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, recent developments in film camera and post-processing technologies had eroded the advantages of using videotape. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And that drive has kept humans at an evolutionary advantage. The Sun (2016) The results were explained in terms of evolutionary advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The ability to communicate by sound gave them an evolutionary advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2012) She denies a charge of obtaining financial advantage by deception. Times, Sunday Times (2013) And if it was angled adroitly, one or more of the London papers might pick it up, with financial advantage to himself. A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE (2002) This gives the big name a personal interest in offering enthusiastic support, because it is to his or her continuing financial advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Increased female pay would increase the financial advantage of two-earner households and raise conventional measures of inequality and relative deprivation. Times, Sunday Times (2008) One user took full advantage of this deal while adding an extra tier to the stack. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We are at home and have to take full advantage. The Sun (2014) Some may think we still need to wait to take full advantage of this model. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Most of the drivers agree that he gained an advantage by taking the escape road rather than fully negotiating the corner. Times, Sunday Times (2008) But the contest has been unusually close and candidates have been accused of using every trick in the book to gain an advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Use every trick in the book to gain an advantage. The Sun (2017) The synthetic pitch has raised criticism that Russia will gain an advantage in a key match because their players are more used to the surface. Times, Sunday Times (2007) And then they go zooming off after the emergency vehicle, terrified another car will gain an advantage. The Sun (2008) The 6ft 3in Irishman enjoyed a significant height advantage as well as a substantial weight superiority. The Sun (2010) Wimbledon had, especially in the first half, a massive height advantage. The Sun (2016) He gives us such a height advantage up front and the team is getting obsessed with using it. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Rangers now lead Celtic by a point and hold the advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2011) They hold a big advantage. The Sun (2006) But being on your own does hold an advantage. The Sun (2014) Teams who host the World Cup have a strong home advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2014) I would try to reduce home advantage when my team played away. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The impact of home advantage on a Premiership match is huge. Times, Sunday Times (2006) We're at home, we have home-court advantage. Houston Chronicle Maybe that's the home-court advantage. Houston Chronicle Yellow shaded teams clinched their division and home-court advantage throughout the divisional playoffs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the full-time home of the 49ers from 1970 through 1976, the team enjoyed a tremendous home-court advantage, going undefeated at home in 1974, 1975, and 1976. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I think that's a huge advantage for me. Times, Sunday Times (2008) We've got a huge advantage over any new entrant to the business. Times, Sunday Times (2006) And playing last is a huge advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2015) In a war conducted to prevent aggression, that gives the aggressor an immediate advantage. Times, Sunday Times If academics put their writings directly online and systems were developed for commenting on them, one immediate advantage would be a huge amount of money saved. The Times Literary Supplement In addition to the benefit to universities, there are three other immediate advantages. Times, Sunday Times Opponents claimed that fluoridation creates more long-term health risks than the immediate advantages gained from decreased tooth decay. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Scientists argue left-handed people have an inherent advantage in their brains to deal with moving objects. Times, Sunday Times Left-handers actually have an inherent advantage in their brains to deal with moving objects. Times, Sunday Times The family said that siblings did have an inherent advantage over the soloists. Times, Sunday Times The idea behind the division was to reduce the inherent advantage that was given to the larger schools. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Due to the circuitous nature of the railway line, the much more direct water route of the steamships afforded them an inherent advantage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Is the main advantage over a subway or metro system lower cost? Smithsonian The main advantage from a fixed lock on the mainsail would be to take compression out of the mast and reduce weight. Times, Sunday Times Which leads me to the main advantage of a university education: it taught me how to deal with people from backgrounds different from my own. Times, Sunday Times Main advantage was very low price and wide availability (sulfonates were originally waste byproducts). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That meant he could not occupy all of the heights, and this gave the attackers their one main advantage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Having a loft is a massive advantage in terms of storage, but they can also be converted. The Sun (2012) This programme gives them a massive economic advantage. The Sun (2013) If we get a goal, it gives us a massive advantage. The Sun (2008) A good architect with strong design credentials can reimagine a property to maximum advantage. Times, Sunday Times It's eerie; maybe they are biding their time, choosing the right moment, waiting until any strike carries maximum advantage. Globe and Mail Their maximum advantage over the peloton was 3 '50. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite this, the lead quintet's maximum advantage reached over five minutes before it was steadily dwindled after that. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Voussoir arches distribute weight efficiently and take maximum advantage of the compressive strength of stone, as in an arch bridge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And social life based on mutual advantage creates filthy friendships. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, more often than not they have voted for individual profit rather than mutual advantage. Times, Sunday Times We have to find the mutual advantage. Christianity Today Is there a mutual advantage? Times, Sunday Times The two families combined their shipping interests to mutual advantage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Equally, the team who have the numerical advantage sometimes think they have a God-given right to score. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Their coach could be seen urging his players to make more of their numerical advantage from the touchline. Times, Sunday Times (2014) But the Germans have a clear numerical advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Buying at a discount has obvious advantages. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The obvious advantage is that the damp is a safeguard against fire. Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet (2007) Here are just four important obvious advantages. Self-Hypnosis (1994) The trailers offer an advantage to buyers, he said. Houston Chronicle Lettuce and other edible leaves are perhaps more ideal, as the shade will offer an advantage over full sunshine, protecting crops from the sun's heat and the risk of bolting. Times, Sunday Times Fuel cells inside a device offer the advantage of instantaneous recharging. canada.com The advantages of not going through bankruptcy far outweigh the advantages of going through it. Times, Sunday Times For one thing, the negative environmental impact of biofuels seems to outweigh any advantages. Times, Sunday Times This economic system could not support these overseas empires indefinitely, and they were slowly dismantled as the disadvantages began to outweigh the advantages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, it never became mainstream, as testing revealed that the increased difficulty of operating aircraft controls in the prone position outweighed the advantages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They should not be altered for crude partisan advantage. Times, Sunday Times He collaborated in 'redistricting' - the shameless redrawing of congressional districts for partisan advantage. Times, Sunday Times No political party should believe that any partisan advantage can be gained from the latest rash of revelations. Times, Sunday Times Statements by some politicians, seeking to extract partisan advantage from the extremist violence, have not only confused the issue but exaggerated its importance. Times, Sunday Times Politics and the search for partisan advantage make decisions about big infrastructure projects difficult. Times, Sunday Times But for those supporters in a 24,971 crowd who might have thought they had thrown away their potential advantage, there was almost instant reassurance. Times, Sunday Times They have the potential advantage of being a left-hander and a right-hander, but neither the alertness nor the alacrity to take advantage of it. Times, Sunday Times That's another potential advantage of induced cells. Times, Sunday Times But one potential advantage - the timing of the start of the notionally two-year article 50 process - has been lost. Times, Sunday Times Amorphous thin-film silicaon was tried as an alternative, but the defects inherent to these materials overwhelmed their potential advantage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The modern slats have a practical advantage, too: they allow the air to circulate, so, in summer, you don't get a burst of unpleasant odour when you open the door. Times, Sunday Times It has the practical advantage of being translation/edition neutral. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other practical advantages: they can walk anywhere and save a fortune on travel; there are seven cinemas and several theatres within a 10-minute stroll. Times,Sunday Times And it has many practical advantages as a setting. Times, Sunday Times Such a policy offers the practical advantages of sobriety, the personal advantages of responsible maturity, and the theological advantages of biblical wisdom. Christianity Today Only then can they 'restore relative advantage and return to sustainable profit growth, having ideally learned from past mistakes'. Times, Sunday Times Two countries could both benefit from trade if each had a relative advantage in production. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Governments use a variety of techniques to coerce certain actions, thereby gaining relative advantage over an opponent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Programs have only to consult a pre-generated table in such positions, rather than thinking afresh, which gives them a relative advantage over humans. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Additionally, relative advantage can not simply be calculated by the marginal cost of producing a unit of art, since aesthetic value plays so heavily into its price. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once you're out on the road, however, both of those cars retain an advantage over it. Times, Sunday Times For some hours the two maneuvered to get or retain the advantage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If his proposals had retained the advantages of both while still making things fairer, he''d be having a much more enjoyable summer. Times, Sunday Times Bundy pipe retains the advantage higher rigidity, which means less volume expansion under pressure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This compromises the advantage of simplicity but still retains the advantage of compactness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Seek advantage, by all means, but for heaven's sake don't look as though you're trying. Times, Sunday Times Throughout history, nations have sought advantage over rivals through the manipulation of valued information. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Socially people relate to one another, seeks advantage from exchange and mutuality, look to others for what they do not have or can not obtain by themselves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The kritikal affirmative seeks advantages which fix (in the jargon of debate, solve for) impacts and concepts which are attached to the negative argument of the kritik. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The selective advantage of outcrossing appears to be the masking of deleterious recessive mutations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A mutant or epigenetically altered stem cell, if it has a selective advantage, could replace the other nearby stem cells by natural selection. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The population that lives in an isolated rock outcrop hides in crevasses where its flattened body offers a selective advantage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has also been proposed that age provides a selective advantage to brains over brawn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The tawny color offers a selective advantage to the adolescents since by helping with camouflage in the dense forest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Schools in Finland, though, have significant advantages over those in Britain. Times, Sunday Times (2015) There was one significant advantage that he enjoyed over his contemporaries. Times, Sunday Times (2015) They've got a significant points advantage over us. The Sun (2013) High numbers have a slight advantage, especially when the ground is soft. The Sun (2012) To my mind, it was their failure to press home England's slight advantage at the end of the first day that led to the humiliation that followed. Times, Sunday Times (2008) I have one slight advantage over you in this matter. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Put simply, we need to invest in our traditional skills if we are to keep ahead of the competition and retain our strategic advantage. Times, Sunday Times And he has a deep strategic advantage that should not be discounted. Times, Sunday Times How did he convert this strategic advantage into a winning combination? Times, Sunday Times The move into consultancy will raise fresh questions about whether companies are gaining a strategic advantage by hiring ministers with recent experience of the highest levels of government. Times, Sunday Times It was expected to be a decisive engagement, with the victor gaining an overwhelming strategic advantage that would win the war. The Sun Nevertheless, at 6ft tall and weighing more than 14 stone, she appeared to have a substantial advantage in muscle mass over her rivals. Times, Sunday Times The arrangement with the co-operative enabled the service to be resumed with substantially the same personnel, again with a substantial advantage in terms of time and operational efficiency. Times, Sunday Times After an extremely costly four-day battle, in which neither side gained a substantial advantage, both sides claimed victory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Existing siege engines were significantly less powerful than the later trebuchet designs, giving defenders a substantial advantage over attackers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This difference gives film compacts a substantial advantage when it comes to image quality and the ability to take pleasing portraits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We may not like worrying, but, so the theory goes, there must be some survival advantage in it. Times, Sunday Times As the mutation confers high or almost complete resistance to kuru, carriers have a survival advantage and have had more descendants. Times, Sunday Times That lightning-fast evolutionary change suggests that direct milk consumption must have provided a serious survival advantage over peoples who had to ferment dairy into yogurt or cheese. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the distant past, such an abrupt change may have had a survival advantage. Times, Sunday Times Eventually, should plenty become the norm, these genes will cease to provide any survival advantage and will become less common. Times, Sunday Times Anything that gives you a tactical advantage helps. Times, Sunday Times (2010) At that point, management has some tactical advantages over the union. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions At half-time we had to change things to try and give ourselves a tactical advantage. The Sun (2014) There are other tax advantages for buy-to-let investors. Times, Sunday Times (2015) For one thing, there are considerable tax advantages. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Both men deny receiving any tax advantage from offshore arrangements. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The people who espouse the view that [digital specialists] have some kind of technological advantage are diminishing in number. Times, Sunday Times There's nothing like leading an incursion into foreign borders when you've managed to give yourself a clear technological advantage. Globe and Mail The outcome of the battle did not follow technological advantage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Without it, its line of preamplifiers and power amplifiers were compromised; its technological advantage, more important in the high end audio market, was lost. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Supporters also note that the strict equipment rules place less emphasis on getting a technological advantage, and thus more emphasis on individual driver skill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has been a tremendous advantage riding for my dad. The Sun By generating his own pace, he gives himself a tremendous advantage. Times, Sunday Times They had a tremendous advantage in equipment (armored cars, airplanes, rail, gunboats, ammunition, human reserves, etc.) and in numbers of troops. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This has given us a tremendous advantage in trying to understand the scope and scale of the problem. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also grants that driverless cars will be a boon and robot soldiers will have tremendous advantages over humans for everyone caught up in wars. Times, Sunday Times High fees would offer an unfair advantage to the privileged minority of students who could afford them. Times, Sunday Times (2011) She's got an unfair advantage. The Sun (2010) Critics said this gave kids from more affluent families an unfair advantage. Times, Sunday Times (2012) And electric vehicles have a unique advantage: electric motors provide all their torque instantly rather than gradually as the engine revs build up. Times, Sunday Times They also have a unique advantage over fillers: they make you feel relaxed and happy. Times, Sunday Times This could reveal a new skill, a unique advantage and a possible career path. Times, Sunday Times Aluminum offers the unique advantage of being able to be easily extruded into nearly any shape required for design and aesthetic purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Combined fermentation has the unique advantage of allowing reuse of the otherwise useless chemical, organic acids, through photosynthesis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 优势 Japanese: 有利 |
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