advantage

n. 优势；利益；有利条件

vi. 获利

vt. 有利于；使处于优势

中文词源

advantage 优势

advance的名词形式。先行优势。

advantage: advantage: [14] Advantage comes from Old French avantage, which was based on avant ‘before’; the notion behind its formation was of being ahead of others, and hence in a superior position. As with advance, the intrusive -dbecame established in the 16th century, on the analogy of words genuinely containing the Latin prefix ad-. The reduced form vantage actually predates advantage in English, having entered the language via Anglo-Norman in the 13th century.
advantage (n.): early 14c., avantage, "position of being in advance of another," from Old French avantage "advantage, profit, superiority," from avant "before," probably via an unrecorded Late Latin *abantaticum, from Latin abante (see advance).

The -d- is a 16c. intrusion on the analogy of Latin ad- words. Meaning "a favoring circumstance" (the opposite of disadvantage) is from late 15c. Tennis score sense is from 1640s, first recorded in writings of John Milton, of all people. Phrase to take advantage of is first attested late 14c.

1. I want to take advantage of your lifetime of scholarship.: 我希望能够用到您一生的学识。

2. She took advantage of him even after they were divorced.: 甚至在他们离婚后，她还在占他的便宜。

3. The government have not been able to turn today'sdemonstration to their advantage.: 政府未能把今天的游行示威转为己用。

4. The advantage in going faster is that you get there quicker.: 快点走的好处在于，你可以早点到达那里。

5. You may wish to take advantage of our instructional session.: 你应该充分利用我们的教学课程。