前言

“利益”与我们每个人的生活都是息息相关的，相信所有人都希望自己的利益能得到保护而不被他人损害。那么你是否真正完全清楚在法律英语中表示“利益”的单词有哪些呢?下面就跟随小编，让我们一起进入到今天的英语词义辨析学习吧。

Benefit /Gain/Profit/ Advantage

NO.1 Benefit

Benefit为最常用词汇，可以指任何种类的利益，包括物质的或其他类别，不论用什么方式获得。

英文释义：

The advantage or privilege something gives; profit or gain.

                         ——Black's Law Dictionary

例如：

benefit certificate  受益证书

economic benefit 经济效益

mutual benefit       互惠互利

collateral benefit   附带利益

fringe benefit    额外利益

NO.2 Gain

Gain有时可指在无任何人受损的情况下获得或得到某种无形财产，但其更常用作指获得物质上的利益。

英文释义：

An increase in amount, degree, or value; excess of receipts over expenditures or of sale price over cost; the excess of the amount realized form a sale or other disposition of property over the property's adjusted value.

                            ——Black's Law Dictionary

例如：

The company didn't disclose how much it expects to gain  from  the two deals.

He has no aspiration for fame or gain.

NO.3 Profit

Profit更常用作指投资、企业或交易所获得的物质或金钱上的利益或收获。

英文释义：

The excess of revenues over expenditures in a business tra-nsaction.

                                    ——Black's Law Dictionary

例如：

The company made a healthy profit on the deal.

The sale generated record profits .

NO. 4 Advantage

Advantage指因某方面占优势或利用某机会以及对方弱点而获得利益与好处。

英文释义：

An advantage is a way in which one thing is better than another.

                             ——Collins Dictionary

例如：

an unfair advantage不公平的有利因素（指有利于自己、但并不有利于对手）

Eventually, the new regulations will work to our advantage.

It would be to your advantage to attend this meeting.

那么学习完了“利益”的词义辨析，那么当有人损害了我们的利益之后，我们就应该寻求法律的帮助，去指控某人犯罪的事实啦。接下来，我们就来继续学习关于“指控某人犯罪”的词义辨析了吧。

Charge/Accuse/Impeach/Incriminate

NO.1 Charge

Charge一般指向法院提起的正式指控，此外它还可表示谴责某人违背某些行为准则等。

英文释义：

To accuse (a person) of an offense <the police charged him with murder>; To instruct or command <the dean charged the students to act ethically>.

                                   ——Black's Law Dictionary

例如：

He may still face criminal charges.

They have the evidence to charge him.

After being questioned by the police, she was released without  charge.

NO.2 Accuse

Accuse指刑事指控，为通用词，可表示正式或非正式，官方或个人指控。

英文释义：

To charge (a person) judicially or publicly with an offense; to make an accusation against <she accused him of the crime><he was accused as an accused as an accomplice>.

                                     ——Black's Law Dictionary

例如：

to accuse sb. of murder  指控某人犯谋杀罪

Her assistant was accused of theft and fraud by the police.

The accused men have been given relatively light sentences.

NO.3 Impeach

Impeach为“弹劾”，多指因公共官员犯了叛逆罪或其他严重罪行而对其提起的指控；在英国，此种指控多由下议院提起，由上议院审理。

英文释义：

To charge with a crime or misconduct; esp., to formally cha-rge (a public official) with a violation of the public trust.

——Black's Law Dictionary

例如：

During that meeting, the opposition party put forward a  proposal to impeach the President.

We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.

The angry congressman wanted to impeach the President.

NO.4 Incriminate

Incriminate用于刑事犯罪，可指直接控告罪犯，也可指某人因不利证词而受到牵连，而后一种用法更加常见。

英文释义：

To charge (someone) with a crime; To identify (oneself or another) as being involved in the commission of a crime or other wrongdoing.

——Black's Law Dictionary

例如：

He claimed that the drugs had been planted to incriminate him.

I did not incriminate my client.

They are afraid of incriminating themselves and say no mo-re than is necessary.

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