benefit of clergy

(historical)exemption of the English clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts, granted in the Middle Ages but abolished in 1827

(史)英格蘭神職人員或修女不受普通民事法院審判的特權(quán)（始于中世紀(jì)，1827年廢除）

ecclesiastical sanction or approval

教會(huì)的批準(zhǔn)（指在教堂舉行結(jié)婚儀式）

they lived together &B{without benefit of clergy}.

他們未經(jīng)教會(huì)同意正式結(jié)婚就同居了。

the benefit of the doubt

a concession that a person or fact must be regarded as correct or justified, if the contrary has not been proven

在未證明某人是否有過失或某種情況是否屬實(shí)以前假定某人無(wú)過失或某種情況屬實(shí)；無(wú)罪推定（指在沒有證據(jù)之前，先假定某人無(wú)罪或相信某人的清白）

I'll &B{give} you &B{the benefit of the doubt} as to whether it was deliberate or not.

在未證實(shí)你是否蓄意為之以前，我不認(rèn)為你應(yīng)承擔(dān)責(zé)任。

for the benefit of

in order to help, guide, or be of service to

為了…的利益

a venue run for the benefit of the community.

專為社區(qū)服務(wù)的會(huì)堂。