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单词 beneficial
释义
beneficial
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adj

If it's beneficial, then it's good for you — or for something. Studying is beneficial to your grades. Exercise is beneficial to your health.
Spend any time with Italians and you will hear the word bene over and over. It comes straight from Latin, and Italians use it as often as we use "good;" it can mean "fine," "okay," "yummy," or "kind and well behaved." Bene gives us beneficial, but also benefit, beneficent, benevolent and more well-meaning words.
WORD FAMILY
beneficial: beneficially+/beneficence: beneficences/beneficent: beneficence, beneficently/benefit: beneficent, beneficial, benefited, benefiting, benefits, benefitted, benefitting
USAGE EXAMPLES
Coleridge believed the clean air on the hill at Highgate was beneficial in his attempts to cure himself of opium addiction.
BBC(Jan 02, 2017)
As he cleared trail, he said people understand that recreational use of forests is financially beneficial for communities.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Some report that sunlight and saltwater are beneficial.
Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017)
adj promoting or enhancing well-being
an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries
the beneficial effects of a temperate climate
Syn
good
advantageous
giving an advantage
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