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disadvantage

/dis-uhd-van-tij, -vahn-/US // ˌdɪs ədˈvæn tɪdʒ, -ˈvɑn- //UK // (ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ) //

劣势,不利因素,弊端,弱势

Related Words

detriment弊端,损害,弊病,损益harm伤害,危害,损害,坏处prejudice偏见,成见,偏执,损害deprivation匮乏,剥夺,褫夺,贫困injury外伤,伤害,损伤,伤痛damage损失,损害,损伤,损坏disservice不服务,服务,不服气,不服

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
    • : the state or an instance of being in an unfavorable circumstance or condition: to be at a disadvantage.
    • : something that puts one in an unfavorable position or condition: His bad temper is a disadvantage.
    • : injury to interest, reputation, credit, profit, etc.; loss: Your behavior is a disadvantage to your family's good name.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dis·ad·van·taged, dis·ad·van·tag·ing.

    • : to subject to disadvantage: I was disadvantaged by illness.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounhurt, loss
Forms: disadvantages
Synonyms
detriment弊端,损害,弊病,损益harm伤害,危害,损害,坏处prejudice偏见,成见,偏执,损害damage损失,损害,损伤,损坏deprivation匮乏,剥夺,褫夺,贫困disservice不服务,服务,不服气,不服injury外伤,伤害,损伤,伤痛

Examples

  • Pachter said investors clearly think that the competing ad networks run by the likes of Snap and Twitter are going to be put at a disadvantage while titans like Google and Facebook charge ahead.

  • He’s unstoppable down there,1 after all, and Boston often appears to be at a significant size disadvantage.

  • Vince Tibone, retail sector head at Green Street, says there are questions about whether the unusual ownership structure put other landlords at a disadvantage.

  • However, vice presidents also face a number of disadvantages in the modern nomination system.

  • With extensive training and practice, athletes facing off against left-handers may be able to overcome this disadvantage in some sports.

  • Further, in the Super Tuesday states of Florida, Texas, and Virginia, Paul is operating at a decided disadvantage.

  • “The only disadvantage is contrary to President Obama, we definitely have ‘boots on the ground,’” the former Army officer said.

  • The only slight disadvantage to doing more and more things is you really have to be where the problems are.

  • So the disadvantage of having multiple things is on a day where everything is going badly on all things.

  • But Democrats are at a huge disadvantage in outside spending, the study found.

  • “I don't want any man taken by surprise or at disadvantage; I simply wish for truth,” said he.

  • Its disadvantage is that it introduces, with the bread, a variable amount of lactic acid and numerous yeast-cells.

  • It was certainly curious, this desire to screen his cousin, to prevent his appearing at a disadvantage.

  • (p. 340) In summer the roads are very dusty in California, and this dust is a disadvantage to the tobacco planter.

  • The English were at enormous disadvantage in being unable to bring into action their whole force together.

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