advantage是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 优点， 长处， 有利条件； 利益， 好处，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Well, I'm very gladto hear it!Now, I know what to do!That's the advantage of asking.
-- I didn't know, andnow I do know, and that shows the advantage of asking- don't it?'
-- Whether it was because we had sat there so long, or becauseSteerforth was resolved not to lose the advantage he had gained, Ido not know; but we did not remain in the dining-room more thanfive minutes after her departure.
-- 'They have some business here; and I took advantage oftheir coming, to come too.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'A house of her own! But where is the advantage of a house of her own?
-- The advantage of the match I felt to be all on her side; and had not the smallest doubt (nor have I now) that there would be a general cry-out 74 Emmaupon her extreme good luck.
-- Emma was soon perfectly satisfied of Mr. Martin's being no otherwise re-membered, than as he furnished a contrast with Mr. Elton, of the utmost advantage to the latter.
-- It had no advantage of situation; but had been very much smartened up by the present proprietor; and, such as it was, there could be no possibility of the two friends passing it without a slackened pace and observing eyes. Emma's remark was 'There it is.
-- 'I have still the advantage of you by sixteen years' experi-ence, and by not being a pretty young woman and a spoiled child.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Surely a clever and high-spirited young man, whose wit and courage were set off to advantage by a graceful figure and the vigorous kind of beauty that readily strikes a woman's imagination, need not despair of finding a protectress.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind.'
-- At one 209time the moon, which had before been clear, was suddenly overspread by a thick cloud, and I took advantage of the moment of darkness and cast my basket into the sea; I lis-tened to the gurgling sound as it sank and then sailed away from the spot.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- With unerring African instinct, the negroes had all discovered that Gerald had a loud bark and no bite at all, andthey took shameless advantage of him.
-- His knowledge of her secret gave him an advantage over her that wasexasperating, so she would have to change that by putting him at a disadvantage somehow.
-- Only most fools won't see it and take advantage of the situation created by the collapse.
-- He is a thoroughly bad character who would take advantage of your youth and innocence to makeyou conspicuous and publicly disgrace you and your family.
-- Any loyal Confederate who had a thousand dollars in cash in 1861could have done what I did, but how few were mercenary enough to take advantage of their opportunities!As forinstance, right after Fort Sumter fell and before the blockade was established, I bought up several thousand bales ofcotton at dirt-cheap prices and ran them to England.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I took advantage of a moment when Joe had just looked at me, and got my bread and butter down my leg.
-- I took advantage of the moment--I had sought one from the first--to leave the room, after beseeching Estella's attention to her, with a movement of my hand.
-- Now, another great advantage of all this is, that it was done without you, and when, if any one was concerning himself about your movements, you must be known to be ever so many miles off and quite otherwise engaged.
-- And soon the tide began to slacken, and the craft lying at anchor to swing, and presently they had all swung round, and the ships that were taking advantage of the new tide to get up to the Pool began to crowd upon us in a fleet, and we kept under the shore, as much out of the strength of the tide now as we could, standing carefully off from low shallows and mudbanks.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I treated the rest in the same manner, taking them one by one out of my pocket; and I ob-served both the soldiers and people were highly delighted at this mark of my clemency, which was represented very much to my advantage at court.
-- Since my last return I find the breed is considerably increased, especially the sheep, which I hope will prove much to the advantage of the wool-len manufacture, by the fineness of the fleeces.
-- He makes a proposal of much advantage to the king, which is rejected.
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