1. 1aB2/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃəl/有益

    正式having a good effect; helping someone or something get better.

    示範例句 · Example

    Cycling is highly beneficial to health and the environment.

    逐字騎腳踏車是高度有益於健康和環境。

    「beneficial」是比較正式的「有好處、有幫助」——說某件事帶來好的結果,常寫在健康、科學、學校說明文裡。日常口語更常說 be good for(對……好)或 helpful(有幫助);beneficial 聽起來比較正式、像課本。How can we think of it? 可以想成從 benefit(好處)長出來的形容詞:有 benefit 的東西,就是 beneficial。常見句型:beneficial to / for something(對……有益)、a beneficial effect(有益的影響)。

    常見搭配

    • beneficial to / for

      對……有益

      having a good effect on someone or something

      Fresh fruit is beneficial to your health.

    • beneficial effect

      有益的影響/正面效果

      a good result or positive change caused by something

      Sleep has a beneficial effect on memory and mood.

    • highly / very / extremely beneficial

      非常有益

      very helpful; having a strongly good effect

      Daily exercise is highly beneficial for the heart.

    • mutually beneficial

      互利的;對雙方都有益的

      good for both sides; helpful to everyone involved

      Sharing notes was a mutually beneficial plan for both friends.

    • beneficial impact / result

      有益的影響/結果

      a good change or outcome that something causes

      Planting trees has a beneficial impact on city air.

    用法接近

    good forhelpfulwholesomehealthy

core核心畫面

Picture an arrow of good effect running from one thing to another: the exercise, the rule, the rain — and at the far end, someone or something that ends up better off because of it. The word always looks at that far end.

可以想成:一支「帶來好處」的箭,從一件事射向另一件事——運動、規定、一場雨,而箭的另一端有人或有東西因此變得更好。這個字永遠看著那一端,所以句子裡常出現 to:Exercise is beneficial to your health。語氣正式,日常聊天多半會說 good for you。

同家族的字

比較級 more beneficial最高級 most beneficial

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

beneficialadj/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/

  • 1

    Helpful or good to something or someone.

    • Recycling and reusing garbage can be beneficial to the environment.
    • Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
  • 2

    Receiving a benefit from something.

    • the beneficial owner of a company
  • 3

    Relating to a benefice.

beneficialnoun/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/

  • 1

    Something that provides a benefit.

    • Daytime temperatures may be too hot for just-released beneficials, and birds and other predators are out in full force during the day.

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