disadvantage
英 [dɪsəd'vɑːntɪdʒ]
美[,dɪsəd'væntɪdʒ]
- n. 缺点；不利条件；损失
词态变化
复数: disadvantages;
中文词源
disadvantage 不利因素
dis-, 不，非，使相反。advantage,有利的。
英文词源
- disadvantage (n.)
- late 14c., disavauntage, from Old French desavantage (13c.), from des- (see dis-) + avantage (see advantage).
- disadvantage (v.)
- 1530s, from disadvantage (n.). Related: Disadvantaged; disadvantaging.
双语例句
- 1. Depression is the third thing that works to my patients' disadvantage.
- 抑郁是威胁我的病人健康的第三大杀手。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her ignorance of the area put her at a decided disadvantage.
- 她对该地区一无所知，这显然对她不利。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A snap election would be to their disadvantage.
- 提前选举将对他们不利。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The fact that I was a foreigner was a big disadvantage.
- 我是外国人这事实对我十分不利。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. But there is a disadvantage to be set against this fact.
- 尽管事实如此,相比之下,仍有不利之处.
来自《简明英汉词典》