プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
り【利】
❶〔利益〕(a) profit; (a) gain
利を収める
make a profit
利にさとい
He has a quick eye for profit.／He is very alert to his own interests.
❷〔都合のよいこと〕(an) advantage
この砦(とりで)は地の利を得ている
This fortress has the advantage of being in a strategic position.
形勢，我に利あらず
The odds [chances] are against us.
❸〔利子〕interest
利が利を生んで元金が倍になった
Interest bore interest and doubled the principal.
利に走る
〔利益ばかりを追い過ぎる〕think only of profit