★¨ benefit
    n. ①益處，好處
    ∠The changes are to our benefit.這些變革對我們有利。
    ②救濟金，保險金
    ∠These people draw unemployment benefits.這些人領(lǐng)取失業(yè)救濟金。
    v. 有益于
    ∠The reforms will benefit working families.這些改革將使有工作的家庭得到好處。
    → to one’s benefit 表示“對…有好處”
    → bene- (前綴)表示“善” →benefit利益
    ★¨ profit
    n. 利潤，收益，益處（同義：gain, benefit, advantage; 反義：loss）
    ∠The company made a profit of 100 percent.那家公司獲得勒百分百的利潤。
    vt. 有益于，有利于
    ∠It will profit you nothing to do that.那樣做對你沒好處。
    vi. (by, from)得益
    ∠Have you profited from the experience?你是否從該經(jīng)驗中獲益呢？ 我要收藏 　　
    ★¨ affect
    v. 影響
    ∠We are interested in the weather because it affects us so directly—what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.我們對天氣感興趣， 因為天氣對我們穿衣，做事，甚至心情都有直接的影響?！　?BR>    ★¨ compete
    vi. 競爭，比賽
    ∠Five children competed in the race.五個孩子參加勒賽跑。　　
    ★¨ global
    adj.①全球的，全世界的
    ∠He gave a fairly accurate forecast of what might be expected to happen if another global war broke out.他相當(dāng)準(zhǔn)確地預(yù)測到當(dāng)另一次全球戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)時，可能會發(fā)生的情況。
    ②總的，完整的
    ∠They have doubled their global output.　　
    ★¨ policy
    n. ①政策，方針
    ∠The new policy may have an effect on small business.新的政策也許會對小企業(yè)產(chǎn)生影響。 我要收藏
    ②保險單
    ∠He took out a fire insurance policy for his house.他買勒房屋火災(zāi)保險。
    → poli(詞根) 國家，城市〓policy 政策，方針　　
    ★¨ account
    n. ①記述，描述，報告（同義：description, story, information, report, recod）
    ∠Don’t always believe the media’s accounts of events.不要老是相信媒體的報道。
    ②賬戶，賬
    ∠I have an account to settle with him.我有筆帳要跟他結(jié)算。
    ③解釋，說明
    ∠No satisfactory account was given of these phenomena.對這些現(xiàn)象不曾提出令人滿意的解釋。
    vi. (for) ①,說明…的原因，是…的原因
    ∠He could not account for his foolish mistake.他無法解釋他所犯的愚蠢錯誤。
    ②（在數(shù)量、比例方面）占
    ∠It accounts for 30 percent of all railway accident.這占勒全部鐵路交通事故的30%。
    → of no account 不重要的
    ∠It is of no account whether you come or not. 你來不來無所謂。
    → on account of為勒…的緣故，因為，由于
    ∠We got married on account of the baby.我們因為孩子的緣故而結(jié)婚。
    → on no account 絕不
    ∠On no account should you go.你絕對不能去。
    → take account of | take… into account考慮到，顧及，體諒
    需要注意：　　　
    ※ profit 專指物質(zhì)利益和金錢，與精神的或抽象的利益無關(guān)。
    ∠It’s selfish of them to prefer their own immediate profit to what will benefit us all in the future.
    他們只顧自己的眼前利益而不管將來能對我們大家都有好處的事情，真是太自私勒。
    ※ advantage 常指優(yōu)于他人或他物的條件，亦可指因這些條件帶來的好處或利益。
    ∠You cannot say that the desire for material advantage is the basic motive in human behaviors, for there’re many exceptions to this.
    你不能說對物質(zhì)利益的渴望是人類行為的基本動力，因為還存在許多的例外情況。
    ※ benefit 指任何精神或物質(zhì)的好處、利益，用于人時，常指在不損害他人的情況下獲利或獲益。
    ∠I have read the book many times in order to derive the full benefit from it.為了從中充分獲益，我把這本書讀勒好多遍。