Regular physical exercise has been shown to have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular health and overall longevity.
经常进行体育锻炼已被证明对心血管健康和整体寿命有有益的影响。
In a laboratory experiment, seedlings grown in soil inoculated with a particular beneficial fungus developed root systems 40% larger than genetically identical seedlings grown in sterile soil with the exact same nutrient content.
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In a laboratory experiment, tomato plants grown in soil inoculated with a particular beneficial bacterium produced fruit with 25% higher vitamin C content than genetically identical plants grown in sterile soil with the exact same nutrient and light conditions.
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Which choice best defines “beneficial”?
B — Helpful, good. “beneficial” means helpful, good.
Which word means “helpful, good”?
D — beneficial. “beneficial” means helpful, good.
beneficial — helpful, good. In Chinese: 有益的.
beneficial is pronounced /ˌbenɪˈfɪʃl/.
Regular physical exercise has been shown to have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular health and overall longevity. (经常进行体育锻炼已被证明对心血管健康和整体寿命有有益的影响。)
advantageous, helpful, salutary — all close in meaning to beneficial (helpful, good).
harmful, detrimental — each the opposite of beneficial (helpful, good).
Yes. beneficial is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
bene(good)+fic(do)