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Sep 16, 2015 · the benefit of the doubt. This expression is used when there is an existing doubt that is being referred to. The doubt may be explicit or it may be implicit but all parties concerned will know that there is some specific doubt. The use of 'the' indicates that specific doubt. The benefit is usually belief or trust.
Giving someone (or something) the benefit of the doubt is an idiom, so normal senses don't apply. Note that this idiom requires the before doubt, unlike (for instance) the idiom without a doubt, which requires a.
Jul 4, 2013 · The idiom "prevention is better than cure" could also be an opposite for "benefit of the doubt". From dictionary.cambridge.org, prevention is better than cure UK saying (US an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure) It is better to stop something bad from happening than it is to deal with it after it has happened.
However, I think you probably want benefit of here. The OED has this to say about it: 3. a. Advantage, profit, good. (The ordinary sense.) for the benefit of: for the advantage of, on behalf of. to take benefit of (a thing): to take advantage of, avail oneself of. benefit of the doubt: see doubt sb. Thinking about the difference between:
the benefit of 谋取利益; 嘉惠; 造福; 造福于 短语 The Environmental Benefit of subway 地铁的环境效益 reap the full benefit of 收到…的全部效益 the use benefit of capital 资金使用效益 [例句] I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt! 我就付你债务利息!
Jan 5, 2018 · give someone the benefit of the doubt. to decide that you will believe someone, even though you are not sure that what the person is saying is true: She said she was late because her flight was canceled, and we gave her the benefit of the doubt. 意思是：好吧，不管怎样，我信了
Apr 29, 2017 · One of the members expressed doubt if the minister was an atheist. can be read as: One of the members expressed doubt// if the minister was an atheist. implying the minister is variable, and so the sentence conjunction is wrong. Instead, use: One of the members expressed a doubt as to whether the minister was an atheist (or not).
May 4, 2015 · the benefit of 谋取利益; 嘉惠; 造福; 造福于 短语 The Environmental Benefit of subway 地铁的环境效益 reap the full benefit of 收到…的全部效益 the use benefit of capital 资金使用效益 [例句] I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt! 我就付你债务利息!
Oct 13, 2011 · 用give sb the benefit of the doubt造句give sb. the benefit of the doubt: 暂且相信（某人）说的话They decided to give the President the benefit of the doubt.
Sep 3, 2018 · Synergistic refers less to the benefit each individual party receives, and is more specific to the combined output of that relationship (which may not directly benefit either party). – Doktor J Commented Sep 4, 2018 at 16:27
