1USE A PERSONto treat someone unfairly in order to get what you want, especially someone who is generous or easily persuaded 〔不公正地〕利用某人,占某人的便宜
Don’t lend them the car – they’re taking advantage of you!
不要把车借给他们——他们在利用你!
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take advantage of somebody• Egeria also takes advantage of Bull's own library of graphicsfunctions.• Capriati wore Seles down from the baseline and took advantage of her weak serving.• The enemy could not fail to see his opportunity and take advantage of it.• We can cut costs by bulkpurchasing and take advantage of national retaildistributionchannels.• Economic trendsoccur swiftly and become established before large industries can scale up and take advantage of new demands.• The far left is also being blamed for taking advantage ofgrievances.• Slavestook advantage of the opportunities afforded to rebel.• I felt that my friends were taking advantage of me as a free babysitter.