一个超实用的短语take advantage of sth/sb用法详解

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利用；利用（机会）

to make use of sth well; to make use of an opportunity

She took advantage of the children's absence to tidy their rooms.

她趁孩子们不在时收拾了他们的房间。

We took full advantage of the hotel facilities.

我们充分享用了旅馆设施。

I intend to take full advantage of this trip to buy the things we need.

我打算充分利用这次旅行来购买我们所需的物品。

We can take advantage of new technology more quickly by farming out computer operations

把计算机业务分包出去，我们就可以更快地利用新技术。

Many provincial governments have taken advantage of this to place local interests above those of the central government

很多省级政府已利用了这一点，把地方利益置于中央政府利益之上。

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You may wish to take advantage of our instructional session.

你应该充分利用我们的教学课程。

t is surprising that it has taken people so long to take advantage of what is a win-win opportunity.

真奇怪，人们居然用了这么长时间才把握住一个万无一失的机会。

Industrialists must move fast to take advantage of new opportunities in Eastern Europe.

实业家们必须尽快采取行动，抓住东欧的新机遇。

We can take advantage of the internet to learn.

我们可以利用互联网学习。

There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot and steal.

有报道说一些年轻人乘局势一片混乱之际抢劫盗窃。

The poor are taking advantage of this edict to marry off their daughters without enormous expenditure while they can

穷人们利用这个法令，尽量不花费巨额开销就把女儿嫁出去。

Environmentalists regard these moves as the government taking advantage of the national mood to roll back protective measures

环保主义者认为这些是政府利用国民情绪来减少保护措施的举措。

He took advantage of other's difficulties to press for the repayment of debts.

他乘人之危，进行逼债。

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欺骗；占…的便宜

to make use of sb/sth in a way that is unfair or dishonest

同义词： exploit

He took advantage of my generosity (= for example, by taking more than I had intended to give) .

他利用我的慷慨占了便宜。

She took advantage of him even after they were divorced.

甚至在他们离婚后，她还在占他的便宜。

He's joining the club in order to take advantage of the others.

他入会是来揩油的。

最后注意：take the advantage ofsb/sth不是一个固定词组，意思和take advantage of sth/sb相近，take 可以用have替换.例如：She had the good advantage of a good education.她具有受过良好教育的有利条件。