beneficial

adjective
🔊/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃl/
🔊/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃl/
(formal)
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  1. beneficial (to something/somebody) improving a situation; having a helpful or useful effect有利的;有裨益的;有用的 synonym advantageous, favourable
    • A good diet is beneficial to health.良好的饮食有益于健康。🔊🔊
    • They finally came to a mutually beneficial agreement.他们终于达成了互惠互利的协议。
    opposite detrimental
    Extra Examples
    • I think it would be beneficial for each committee member to have a copy of the report.我认为委员会成员人手一份报告比较好。
    • Some alternative treatments may prove highly beneficial.有些非传统的治疗方法可能证明是非常有效的。
    • We only fund projects we consider to be socially beneficial.我们仅资助我们认为对社会有益的项目。
    • Lowering salt intake has a beneficial effect on blood pressure.减少食盐摄入量有助于稳定血压。
    • Relaxation classes can be beneficial to people of all ages.放松课对任何年龄段的人都有裨益。
    • Work experience is usually highly beneficial for students.工作经验通常对学生非常有益。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • prove
    • consider something
    adverb
    • extremely
    • very
    • highly
    preposition
    • for
    • to
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin beneficialis, from beneficium ‘favour, support’, from bene ‘well’ + facere ‘do’.