Language Point 25
Everyone experiences this strange state and can take advantage of it. (Para. 10)
We have come across the word "experience" used as a noun before, but here as you see it is used as a verb. If you "experience" a particular situation, you are in that situation or it happens to you. If you "experience" a feeling, you feel it or are affected by it.
Some of the students had experienced what hard times meant before they entered the university.
有些大学生在进入大学之前体验过艰苦的生活。
Our country has experienced great changes in the last thirty years.
我国在过去30年中经历了巨大变化。
take advantage of: make use of
You should take advantage of living in a large city where most of the goods are convenient.
你应该享受大都市的生活, 那里 购买大多数商品都十分方便。
He took advantage of the meeting to express his opinion about current situations.
他利用会议机会表达了他对当前形势的看法。
adj. 有经验的