Disadvantage
[dɪsəd'vɑːntɪdʒ] or [,dɪsəd'væntɪdʒ]
解释:
(noun.) the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position.
(verb.) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; 'This rule clearly disadvantages me'.
艾伦整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
(n.) Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.
(v. t.) To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
狄伦编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. [1].Unfavorableness.[2].Injury, loss, damage, detriment, disservice, prejudice, hurt.
录入:莱尔
同义词及反义词：
[See ADVANTAGE]
阿玛莉亚整理
解释:
n. want of advantage: what is unfavourable to one's interest: loss: injury.—adjs. Disadvan′tageable (obs.); Disadvantā′geous attended with disadvantage: unfavourable.—adv. Disadvantā′geously.—n. Disadvantā′geousness.
安妮编辑
例句:
- Its rule combines the disadvantage of absolute monarchy with the impersonality and irresponsibility of democratic officialdom. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Though WE have not known him long, he is no stranger in this part of the world; and who has ever spoken to his disadvantage? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- Both Knights broke their lances fairly, but Front-de-Boeuf, who lost a stirrup in the encounter, was adjudged to have the disadvantage. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The best-looking among us will not look very well, lurking at a corner, and Bradley came out of that disadvantage very poorly indeed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Fish on his return from St. Louis, after he had argued the Edison side, he felt keenly that disadvantage, to say nothing of the hopeless difficulty of educating the court. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The efficiency of the Diesel engine is high, and it can use low grades of fuel, but it has the disadvantage of greater weight per horse-power than other engines. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- I never saw his legs to such disadvantage before. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- It was a question whether our numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced by these disadvantages and the enemy's superior position. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- You are as well aware as I am, that I have had many disadvantages to leave behind me in life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- They would all trade with the same advantages and disadvantages. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- This type of cell, however, has many serious disadvantages inherent to its very nature. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But days before the battle began the advantages as well as the disadvantages of this plan of action were all considered. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Now here's one of the advantages, or disadvantages, of knowing a disappointed man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- That plan is, however, attended with considerable disadvantages. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
编辑:特伦斯