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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She had two masts and all the sails and rigging of an ordinary clipper, which would enable her to take advantage of every favorable wind, though her chief reliance was on her mechanical power.
-- Paganel, who had remained standing, to take advantage of his peculiar powers of sight, was knocked down in a twinkling.
-- The young captain was very much annoyed, however, at the prospect of emptying his coal-bunkers, for he had covered his ship with canvas, intending to take advantage of the slightest breeze.
-- The noise of the warring elements was so great that his words were scarcely audible, but Lady Helena took advantage of a sudden lull to ask if there was any danger.
-- The great advantage of keeping up the mainsail was that it presented to the waves only the most solid portions of the yacht, and kept her in the right course.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Might I ask you to hand me my violin, and we will postpone all further thought upon this business until we have had the advantage of meeting Dr. Mortimer and Sir Henry Baskerville in the morning.'
-- His method had the additional advantage that if they were to take a cab he was all ready to follow them.
-- As it is, by an indiscreet eagerness, which was taken advantage of with extraordinary quickness and en-ergy by our opponent, we have betrayed ourselves and lost our man.'
-- 'I didn't think you would have taken advantage of it, Sir Henry indeed I didn't.'
-- I have had the advantage of two conversations with Mrs. Stapleton, and the case has now been so entirely cleared up that I am not aware that there is anything which has remained a secret to us.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But I thought, no!it's not worthwhile to take such advantage of him.
-- It was about Easter, when, taking advantage of a momen-tary tetea-tete Colia handed Aglaya a letter, remarking that he 'had orders to deliver it to her privately.'
-- I saw at once that Tchebaroff was the moving spirit in the matter, and, to speak frankly, I thought he might have induced you, Mr. Burdovsky, to make this claim, by taking advantage of your simplicity.'
-- Seeing how fond Pavlicheff was of you, it was thanks to him you went to school, and also had the advantage of special teachers his relations and servants grew to believe that you were his son, and that your father had been betrayed by his wife.
-- Also and this was more important than all he had the advantage of being under exalted patronage.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Neptune lord of the earthquake answered her saying, 'Juno, restrain your fury; it is not well; I am not in favour of forcing the other gods to fight us, for the advantage is too greatly on our own side; let us take our places on some hill out of the beaten track, and let mortals fight it out among themselves.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- That had the advantage of accounting for everything straight away.
-- I was invisible, and I was only just beginning to realise the extraordinary advantage my invisibility gave me.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Shere Khan might have faced Father Wolf, but he could not stand up against Mother Wolf, for he knew that where he was she had all the advantage of the ground, and would fight to the death.
-- He had no intention of losing any advantage of the ground, and coiled and uncoiled himself once or twice, to be sure that every foot of his long body was in working order.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It might be of signal advantage to one, ignorant as I, to hear the opinions and experience of a master in the art.'
-- 'I should like to look at the creature'; if it is a true Iro-quois I can tell him by his knavish look, and by his paint,' said the scout; stepping past the charger of Heyward, and entering the path behind the mare of the singing master, whose foal had taken advantage of the halt to exact the ma-ternal contribution.
-- It possessed no other apparent advantage for a resting place, than in its elevation and form, which might render defense easy, and surprise nearly impossible.
-- 'Ces messieurs-la,' said Montcalm, following up the advantage which he conceived he had gained, 'are most for-midable when baffled; and it is unnecessary to tell you with what difficulty they are restrained in their anger.
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