词汇 | give-the-benefit-of-the-doubt |
释义 | give someone the benefit of the doubtidiom to believe something good about someone, rather than something bad, when you have the possibility of doing either: 把…往好处想 I didn't know whether his story was true or not, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.我不知道他说的是真是假,不过我决定姑且相信他这一次。 Believing accept allegedly article of faith ascribe something to something ascription belief delude deluded evidently feel it in your bonesidiom give credence to something hold received recognize room room for doubtidiom see something in someone/something seeing is believingidiom swallow swear give someone the benefit of the doubt | American Dictionarygive someone the benefit of the doubtidiom 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. |
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