disadvantage

英 [dɪsəd'vɑːntɪdʒ]美 [,dɪsəd'væntɪdʒ]
  • n. 缺点；不利条件；损失
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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。
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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》