masc. proper name, in Old Testament, Jacob's youngest son (Gen. xxxv:18), from Hebrew Binyamin, literally "son of the south," though interpreted in Genesis as "son of the right hand," from ben "son of" + yamin "right hand," also "south" (in an East-oriented culture). Compare Arabic cognate yaman "right hand, right side, south;" yamana "he was happy," literally "he turned to the right." The right was regarded as auspicious (see left and dexterity). Also see Yemen, southpaw, and compare deasil "rightwise, turned toward the right," from Gaelic deiseil "toward the south; toward the right," from deas "right, right-hand; south." Also compare Sanskrit dakshina "right; south." Slang meaning "money" (by 1999) is from portrait of Benjamin Franklin on U.S. $100 bill.
雙語例句
1. I'll show it to Benjamin. He's bound to know.
我會(huì)把它給本杰明看，他肯定會(huì)知道。
來自柯林斯例句
2. "I'm astonished, Benjamin," she mocked.
“這太讓我吃驚了，本杰明，”她嘲弄道。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Interestingly enough, a few weeks later, Benjamin remarried.
有意思的是，幾個(gè)星期以后，本杰明又結(jié)婚了。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Benjamin fumbled for the light switch.
本杰明手忙腳亂地找電燈開關(guān).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The youth patterned his life upon Benjamin Franklin.