benefit
意味一覧 (3件)
利点、恩恵
解説 Definition
benefit は、人・物・制度などから得られる「良い効果」や「利点」を表す名詞です。金銭上の得だけでなく、健康、学習、仕事、社会制度などで役に立つ点や受ける恩恵を指します。the benefits of exercise のように of とよく使います。
Benefit is a noun that means a good effect, useful result, or advantage that you get from something. It can refer to more than money, and is often used for health, learning, work, products, or social systems. We often use it in phrases like "the benefit of" or "the benefits of" to talk about the positive points something brings.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
benefit は bene「良く」の感覚を持つ語で、「何かを使う・受けることで得られる良い点」と考えると覚えやすいです。advantage は競争や比較で有利になる点に寄り、benefit は健康、制度、商品、行動などがもたらす実際のプラス効果を広く指します。benefit of reading, health benefits, employee benefits のようなまとまりでよく出ます。動詞 benefit「役立つ」と形は同じですが、ここでは数えられる名詞として使う点に注意します。
Think of benefit as something good that comes from using, doing, or receiving something. The part bene gives the idea of "good," so benefit is a good effect or useful result. Unlike advantage, which often focuses on being ahead in a comparison, benefit is wider and is often used for health, systems, products, and actions, as in "health benefits" or "the benefit of reading."
例文
One major benefit of exercise is better sleep.
運動の大きな利点の一つは、睡眠の質が良くなることです。
The new system offers a clear benefit to both customers and staff.
その新しい制度は、利用者にも職員にもはっきりした恩恵をもたらします。
Reading in English has the benefit of improving both vocabulary and grammar.
英語で読むことには、語彙と文法の両方を伸ばせる利点があります。
役立つ
(意味 2)解説 Definition
人や物事にとって良い結果をもたらす、プラスになるという意味の動詞。A benefits B の形で「AがBの役に立つ」、benefit from ... で「...から恩恵を受ける」のようにも使われる。
As a verb, benefit means to produce a good result for someone or something, or to be useful in some way. It is often used in the pattern A benefits B, meaning that A helps B or has a positive effect on B. It is also common in the form benefit from, which means to receive help, value, or an advantage from something. Unlike words that focus mainly on money, benefit can be used for many kinds of positive results, such as better health, useful experience, or social improvement.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
benefit はまず名詞の「利益」で見かけ、その後に動詞へ広げると覚えやすい語です。動詞では benefit from をひとまとまりで覚え、「〜から恩恵を受ける」を反射で出せるようにすると定着します。お金のもうけを強く感じる profit と違い、benefit は健康・経験・制度改善など広いプラスに使えるのがポイントです。The new policy will benefit students. のように「人や集団に良い結果をもたらす」形でも頻出。beneficial も一緒に見て、「benefit 系はよい結果につながる仲間」とまとめると記憶に残ります。
Many learners first meet benefit as a noun meaning "advantage" or "gain," and that can help you remember the verb. Learn benefit from as one chunk, so you can quickly say "get an advantage from something." Unlike profit, which often suggests money, benefit is used for many kinds of positive results, such as health, experience, or better systems. It also helps to remember beneficial at the same time and think of the benefit family as words about leading to something good.
例文
Regular exercise can benefit your health.
定期的な運動は健康に役立つことがある。
Many students will benefit from the new policy.
多くの学生がその新しい方針から恩恵を受けるだろう。
The changes are designed to benefit local communities.
その変更は地域社会の役に立つように考えられている。
利益
(意味 3)解説 Definition
benefit は、行動・制度・状況が人や物事に「利益・利点をもたらす」と言うときにも使います。Regular exercise benefits your health. のように、主語が恩恵を与える側、目的語が良くなる対象になります。
To benefit means to help someone or something by giving an advantage or improving a situation. It is commonly used in formal and everyday English, often followed by the person, group, or thing that receives the good effect.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞 benefit は「よくする側」と「よくなる側」を文の中で見分けるのが要点です。A benefits B なら、A が B に良い影響を与える、つまり「A は B の役に立つ」という向きになります。sunlight benefits plants や this rule benefits users のように、主語は人でなく制度・習慣・条件でも構いません。名詞の benefit「利点、恩恵」と同じ形ですが、ここでは目的語を取って何かを改善する動詞として覚えます。
Remember the two common patterns, because they do most of the work: `benefit from X` and `X benefits Y`. That helps you keep the verb active in your mind instead of treating it like only a noun. It often goes with words like `exercise`, `advice`, or `policy`, not just money. That is why it is wider than `profit`.
例文
Students benefit greatly from hands-on learning experiences.
生徒たちは実践的な学習体験から大いに利益を得る。
Both sides can benefit from this partnership.
双方ともにこのパートナーシップから利益を得ることができる。
Regular exercise benefits your overall health.
定期的な運動は全体的な健康に役立つ。
benefit を含む表現
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benefit の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 bene「良く」+ facere「行う」に由来する beneficium が源です。もとは「良い行い・恩恵」の発想で、そこから人にとっての利点や利益を表す名詞になりました。
Benefit comes from Latin roots: bene, meaning "well," and facere, meaning "to do." It developed from the Latin word beneficium, which meant a good deed or favor, and later came to mean an advantage or helpful result.
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