benefitfor sb’s 'benefit1.■especially in order to help or be useful to sb 为了帮助某人；为了某人的利益；为某人好:I have typed out some lecture notes for the benefit of those people who were absent last week. 我为上周缺席的人打印了一些讲课的笔记。There’s no need to repeat everything for my benefit. 不用为了我把所有的都重复一遍。give sb the ,benefit of the 'doubt2.■accept that a person is right or innocent because you cannot prove that they are not﹙ 因证据不足而﹚假定某人没错﹙或无罪﹚:The old man said that he had put the goods in his bag by mistake and the shopkeeper decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. 那老人说他无意中把货物错放进了自己的包里，店主决定放过他。