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disadvantage verbOPAL W /ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/ /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪdʒ/ - disadvantage somebody/something to cause problems and tend to stop somebody/something from succeeding or making progress不利因素;障碍;不便之处
- Some pension plans may disadvantage women.有些养老金计划可能对妇女不利。
- Many people will be greatly disadvantaged by the new tax system.新的税制将造成许多人生活大为贫乏。
opposite advantageTopics Difficulty and failurec1
disadvantage noun OPAL W /ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/ /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪdʒ/ [countable, uncountable] - something that causes problems and tends to stop somebody/something from succeeding or making progress不利因素;障碍;不便之处
- a serious/severe/significant disadvantage严重的╱严重的╱显著的劣势
- One major disadvantage of the area is the lack of public transport.这个地区的一大不便之处就是缺少公共交通工具。
- What's the main disadvantage?主要的不利条件是什么?
- Each plan has its own advantages and disadvantages.每个计划都各有利弊得失。
- disadvantage to something There are disadvantages to the plan.这个计划有诸多不利因素。
- at a disadvantage The fact that he didn't speak a foreign language put him at a distinct disadvantage.他不会说外语使他处于明显的不利地位。
- I was at a disadvantage compared to the younger members of the team.与队里较年轻的队员相比,我处于不利地位。
- Poor product quality can put a company at a competitive disadvantage.产品质量差会使公司处于竞争劣势。
- to somebody's disadvantage | to the disadvantage of somebody I hope my lack of experience won't be to my disadvantage.但愿我的经验不足不会使我吃亏。
- TV companies have basically bought football outright, to the complete disadvantage of the fans. 电视公司基本上直接买下了足球,这对球迷完全不利。
- The advantages of the scheme far outweighed the disadvantages.这个计划的优点远远超过了缺点。
- Many children in the class suffered severe social and economic disadvantage.班上许多孩子都来自社会地位低下、经济困难的家庭。
opposite advantage- Competition has its disadvantages.竞争有其害处。
- Despite these disadvantages, many older people maintain an active social life.尽管有这些不便因素,许多老年人仍保持着活跃的社交生活。
- Lack of qualifications is an obvious disadvantage.没有所需的资格是明显的不利因素。
- Some students were at an unfair disadvantage.有些学生处在不公的劣势地位。
- The fog was giving them a tactical disadvantage.雾使他们在战术上处于劣势。
- The plan's advantages outweigh the disadvantages.这项计划利大于弊。
- The present system has the disadvantage that nobody really understands how it works.目前这个系统的缺点是没有人真正了解它是如何运转的。
- There are disadvantages in using this treatment.使用这种疗法存在害处。
- There are disadvantages to all those approaches.所有那些方案都有弊端。
- There was no reason for her to feel at a disadvantage.她没有理由认为自己处于不利地位。
- These requirements will have to be standardized if some banks are not to suffer a competitive disadvantage.这些要求必须标准化,以免有些银行在竞争中处于劣势。
- This change in the law will be to the disadvantage of small companies.法律上的这一变动将对小公司不利。
- This put them at a crippling cost disadvantage.这使他们处于足以致命的成本劣势。
- We were at a distinct disadvantage compared with children from richer families.与较富裕家庭的孩子相比,我们处于明显的劣势。
- another disadvantage for the night-worker夜班工人的另一个不便之处
- the disadvantage experienced by older people in the workplace年龄较长者在职场所处的劣势
- the inherent disadvantage that low-income communities face低收入群体面临的固有劣势
- the problems of racial disadvantage and poverty种族地位低下和贫穷等问题
Topics Difficulty and failureb1 Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + disadvantagepreposition- at a disadvantage
- despite a/the disadvantage
- to somebody’s disadvantage
- …
phrases- advantages and disadvantages
- place somebody at a disadvantage
- put somebody at a disadvantage
- …
词源late Middle English: from Old French desavantage, from des- (expressing reversal) + avantage ‘advantage’.
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