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词汇 example_english_benefit-of-doubt
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benefit of doubt

collocation in English

meanings of benefitand doubt


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benefit
noun
uk /ˈben.ɪ.fɪt/ us /ˈben.ə.fɪt/
a helpful or good effect, or something intended ...
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doubt
noun[C or U]
uk /daʊt/ us /daʊt/
(a feeling of) not being certain about something, especially about how good or true ...
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Examples of benefit of doubt


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In the first case, a new metonym can have the benefitofdoubt with critics of economic man and gain some initial sympathy.
He gave them the benefitofdoubt in disputed election cases.
She was not given the benefitofdoubt regarding her age (as in other cases cited above) which may have legalized the marriage.
The board may take a decision in the wrong direction and give the applicant the benefitofdoubt in the absence of records.
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I believe that the trustees, the new management and the new structure deserve the benefitofdoubt.
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We are now asked to give the benefitofdoubt to that same man, and we cannot do that.
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I am giving all possible benefitofdoubt to the prison officers concerned.
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When we are trying to deal with the rights of tenants, surely the benefitofdoubt should always be given to the tenant.
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In accepting that, it is only fair to say that we had given him a considerable benefitofdoubt, and we pensioned him for that.
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I am not sure what the concept "benefitofdoubt" means.
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Some would say from implantation, and that the embryo has the right of protection from that point because it should have the benefitofdoubt about its status.
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They have set up a procedure giving the benefitofdoubt to the children and avoiding the long and harrowing delays that were experienced by the thalidomide children.
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I say that there should be a different interpretation because the benefitofdoubt should, in those cases, be completely on the side of the applicant.
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Anand was arrested on the benefitofdoubt.
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