Word · Frequency #969
advantage
使有利；使占优势
give an advantage to
- 1.
give an advantage to
使处于有利地位
使处于有利地位；有助于
In use
The new tax law advantages small businesses by reducing their expenses.
Her fluent English advantaged her during the interview.
A good education advantages individuals throughout their lives.
advantage + noun phrase
及物动词，直接跟宾语。
The new policy advantages the local economy.
新政策有利于当地经济。
be advantaged by + noun phrase
被动语态，强调受益者。
Small businesses are advantaged by tax cuts.
小企业从减税中受益。
Verb forms
base advantage · third person advantages · -ing advantaging · past advantaged · past participle advantaged
动词用法较少见，通常用于正式语境。
Common mistakes
He has advantage over me in experience.He has an advantage over me in experience.
advantage 是可数名词，通常需要限定词（如冠词），这里缺少不定冠词 an。
We should take advantage from this opportunity.We should take advantage of this opportunity.
固定搭配是 take advantage of，表示利用某事物，而非 take advantage from。
Connections
Collocations
- be advantaged by
- 因…而处于有利地位
- Employees who already have strong networks are advantaged by this hiring process.已经拥有强大关系网的员工在这个招聘过程中处于有利地位。
- advantage the rich
- 使富人受益
- Critics argue that the new tax law advantages the rich.批评者认为，新税法使富人受益。
- advantage yourself
- 使自己处于有利地位
- You could advantage yourself by applying for this scholarship early.你可以尽早申请这项奖学金，使自己处于有利地位。
Antonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
前缀 ad- 表示‘向’，vantage 意为‘优势地位’——把某人引向优势，即‘使处于有利地位’。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面语、法律或学术文本 作动词时，advantage 通常用于正式或书面语境，常见于被动结构（如 be advantaged by...），日常口语中较少使用，更常说 give an advantage to 或 benefit。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 advantage 真正押韵的是 disadvantage 和 vantage（都含 /ˈvæn.tɪdʒ/）。vintage、cottage、manage 拼写或读音相似，但重读元音或辅音不同：vintage 是 /ɪ/，cottage 是 /ɒ/，manage 少了 /t/，所以都不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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