give a person the benefit of the doubt

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• ① 在未经证实某人是否有罪前,对其嫌疑作善意的解释
  • The money had been stolen and John was in the house at the time, but we gave him the benefit of the doubt and assumed that some burglar had taken it.钱被偷了,当时约翰在房子里,但我们不能没证据就罪于他,只能假定是小偷干的。