Tra từ benefit - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

benefit UK US [ˈben.ɪ.fɪt] noun countable or uncountable [ benefits ]
1. <I > a helpful or good effect, or something intended to help
• The discovery of oil brought many benefits to the town.
• One of the many benefits of foreign travel is learning how to cope with the unexpected.
• He's had the benefit of an expensive education and yet he continues to work as a waiter.
• I didn't get/derive (much) benefit from school.
• With the benefit of hindsight (= Helped by the knowledge since learned) it is easy for us to see where we went wrong.
• slightly formal She drinks a lot less now, to the benefit of her health as a whole.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Making things better ↑Becoming better
2. the money given by the government to people who need financial help, for example because they cannot find a job
• mainly UK unemployment benefit
• I'm on benefit at the moment.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Social security and state benefits

Collocations:
Adjectives
considerable enormous great major maximum positive real tangible tremendous benefit
• The new tax system will be of great benefit to people on low incomes.
limited marginal benefit
• The extra teaching is of limited benefit to very bright children.
potential benefit
• The partnership has a lot of potential benefits.
additional extra benefit
• My job has the extra benefit that it keeps me fit.
mutual benefit
• The arrangement was to their mutual benefit.
immediate lasting long-term short-term benefit
• The changes will be of lasting benefit.
Types
economic environmental health medical social therapeutic benefit
• Giving up smoking brings enormous health benefits.
Verbs
enjoy feel have the benefit(s)
• She enjoyed the financial benefits of her success.
bring offer provide benefits
• Secure employment has brought great benefits to the area.
derive gain get reap benefit (from sth)
• Jack knew he would derive some benefit from taking more exercise.
acknowledge realise recognise see the benefit(s) (of sth)
• The government recognizes the benefit in improving public transport.
[the drawbacks/ risks, etc] outweigh the benefits
• The drawback of high costs outweighed the benefits of medical improvements.
doubt the benefits (of sth)
• No one can doubt the benefits of education.
Prepositions
to sb's benefit
• It would be to her benefit to have a year working abroad.
be of benefit to sb
• The new textbooks will be of great benefit to students.
for sb's benefit/the benefit of sb
• We are planting trees for the benefit of the environment.
the benefit(s) of sth
• The benefits of easily available quality child care are obvious.
benefits for sb
• Airport clubs are an exclusive benefit for frequent flyers.
benefit from sth
• Mary derives some benefit from drinking herbal teas.
with without the benefit of sth
• He's trying to prepare all his food without the benefit of a cooker at the moment.
Phrases
with the benefit of hindsight
• Anyone can make good decisions with the benefit of hindsight.
give sb the benefit of the doubt
• Larry has always been a truthful child and should be given the benefit of the doubt.

• "He says he's doing it for our benefit." "Hmm, I'm still not convinced."
• Little benefit will accrue to London from the new road scheme.
• With the benefit of hindsight, I should have taken the job.
• Women's rights groups have cried out against the proposed cut in benefit paid to single mothers.
• She studied every evening and reaped the benefit at exam time.
Idiom: give somebody the benefit of the doubt

verb intransitive or transitive [ -t- ]
<I > to be helped by something or to help someone
• I feel that I have benefited greatly from her wisdom.
• How can we benefit those who most need our help?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Making things better ↑Becoming better

• I feel that I have benefited greatly from her wisdom.
• There are wide variations in the way pensioners have benefited from the system.
• Everyone benefited from the share-out of the profits.
• The new law will benefit many homeowners.
• They argued that the tax will mainly benefit the rich.