Disadvantage
[dɪsəd'vɑːntɪdʒ] or [,dɪsəd'væntɪdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
狄伦編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1].Unfavorableness.[2].Injury, loss, damage, detriment, disservice, prejudice, hurt.
錄入:莱尔
同義詞及反義詞：
[See ADVANTAGE]
阿玛莉亚整理
解釋/意思:
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.
安妮編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Its rule combines the disadvantage of absolute monarchy with the impersonality and irresponsibility of democratic officialdom. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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? 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Both Knights broke their lances fairly, but Front-de-Boeuf, who lost a stirrup in the encounter, was adjudged to have the disadvantage. 沃爾特·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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 神奇的知識之書.
- I never saw his legs to such disadvantage before. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- You are as well aware as I am, that I have had many disadvantages to leave behind me in life. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- They would all trade with the same advantages and disadvantages. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This type of cell, however, has many serious disadvantages inherent to its very nature. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Now here's one of the advantages, or disadvantages, of knowing a disappointed man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- That plan is, however, attended with considerable disadvantages. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
編輯:特伦斯