disadvantage
英 [d?s?d'vɑ?nt?d?]
美[,d?s?d'v?nt?d?]
- n. 缺點；不利條件；損失
CET4TEM4TOEFLCET6常用詞匯中低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?disadvantages;
中文詞源
disadvantage 不利因素
dis-, 不，非，使相反。advantage,有利的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Depression is the third thing that works to my patients' disadvantage.
- 抑郁是威脅我的病人健康的第三大殺手。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her ignorance of the area put her at a decided disadvantage.
- 她對該地區(qū)一無所知，這顯然對她不利。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A snap election would be to their disadvantage.
- 提前選舉將對他們不利。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The fact that I was a foreigner was a big disadvantage.
- 我是外國人這事實對我十分不利。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. But there is a disadvantage to be set against this fact.
- 盡管事實如此,相比之下,仍有不利之處.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》