【每日一词】redound ~ v. 有助于,提高,改进(印象,声誉);产生反作用,报应;增添,累积,上升
Definition: intransitive verb
1 archaic : to become swollen : OVERFLOW
2 : to have an effect for good or ill
new power alignments which may or may not redound to the faculty's benefit—G. W. Bonham
3 : to become transferred or added : ACCRUE
4 : REBOUND, REFLECT
Example Sentences
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Yes, the world is stacked against us, but our collective susceptibility to dumb diets and quick fixes doesn’t redound to our credit.
—Tamar Haspel, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
Likewise, the rules that the government establishes for economic actors are designed to facilitate competition that will redound to the benefit of all.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
But the economic and political ripple effects of the war soon redounded to the energy giants’ benefit.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
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