cui bono

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The principle that the ultimate initiator of an action is likely the person who stands to gain from the action. uncountable
    — If the principle of cui bono is applied, it is evident that the gainers were the party of the triumvirs, whose popularity would be increased by a belief being created that their opponents the Optimates were prepared to adopt extreme measures to get rid of them.

词源

From Cicero’s Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino, 84 & 86: Latin cui bonō fuisset (“to whom it would have benefited”), a so-called double dative construction.
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