| 释义 |
give a person the benefit of the doubtphr.① 在未經證實某人是否有罪前，對其嫌疑作善意的解釋The money had been stolen and John was in the house at the time, but we gave him the benefit of the doubt and assumed that some burglar had taken it.錢被偷了，當時約翰在房子裡，但我們不能沒證據就罪於他，只能假定是小偷幹的。 |