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 disadvantage [`dɪsəd'væntɪdʒ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 缺点, 不利, 坏处

  1. If you don't speak good English, you'll be at a big disadvantage when you try to get a job.
    你要是英语讲得不好，找工作时就会处于非常不利的地位。
  2. One of the main disadvantages of this system is that it uses very large amounts of fuel.
    该系统的主要弱点之一是消耗大量燃料。
  3. The system puts the firm at a disadvantage because of its overmuch manpower.
    由于过剩的人力, 这一体制使公司处境不利。


disadvantage
[ noun ]
  1. the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position

    2. <noun.attribute>
[ verb ]
  1. put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

    2. <verb.social> disfavor disfavour
    This rule clearly disadvantages me


Disadvantage \Dis`ad*van"tage\ (?; 48, 61), n. [Cf. F.
d['e]savantage.]
1. Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial
quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which
hinders success, or causes loss or injury.

I was brought here under the disadvantage of being
unknown by sight to any of you. --Burke.

Abandoned by their great patron, the faction
henceforward acted at disadvantage. --Palfrey.

2. Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame,
credit, profit, or other good.

They would throw a construction on his conduct, to
his disadvantage before the public. --Bancroft.

Syn: Detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage.


Disadvantage \Dis`ad*van"tage\, v. t. [Cf. F. d['e]savantager.]
To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.

  1. I believe its approach puts undue emphasis on the balance sheet, to the detriment of the profit and loss account, and to the disadvantage of users of accounts. The board has now published all but one of the chapters of its draft statement of principles.
  2. Stihl argued that it itself would be at a competitive disadvantage if denied zone status.
  3. U.S. officials argue that Angolan forces have far bigger stockpiles of weapons than the rebels, and an arms cutoff now would place UNITA at a disadvantage.
  4. While the desert is ideal for employing sophisticated airborne weapons, the terrain could work to the disadvantage of a high-tech attacking force.
  5. But very few companies are so protected. An alternative is to hedge everything but this ignores the cost and the possibility that some hedges can put a company at a competitive disadvantage.
  6. Social and economic disadvantage allied to low self-esteem have been cited as possible factors in the poor performance. Two new Catholic schools are to be built in Belfast and Londonderry at a cost of Pounds 8m.
  7. That puts the small but cash-rich VSEL at a disadvantage to the large but cash-rich GEC.
  8. "If you're not able to do business this way, you'll be at a competitive disadvantage," says John P. Sweeney of General Motors Corp.'s Electro-Motive divison.
  9. Or he might have explained how Japan and Germany tax capital gains at lower rates than America does, a competitive disadvantage.
  10. "If we unilaterally decided to stop using them, we might find ourselves at a competitive disadvantage," Mr. Mudd said.
  11. Critics say the smaller airlines will remain at a disadvantage because the new networks are owned largely by big carriers.
  12. But administration officials believe that spending money on the democratic process will ultimately benefit Mrs. Chamorro, who is at a heavy financial disadvantage to the pervasive Sandinista Party.
  13. Though making the story even stranger, some background also sheds light on at least one the reasons why: Government regulations _ the same ones meant to encourage contracting out _ put the outside contractor as a disadvantage.
  14. We were at a disadvantage from the very beginning," Berryhill said.
  15. But Mr. Byrd soon found himself at a disadvantage yesterday when a subcommittee within his own panel adopted a more modest $1.84 billion package.
  16. Although Delta's Datas II system is considered technologically competitive with other computer reservation systems, Delta's late start in designing and marketing the system put it at a disadvantage.
  17. A disadvantage is the loss of thousands of jobs through layoffs, either by the government before the sale or the new owners afterward.
  18. When IBM switched to 3.5-inch disks last spring, the Japanese bet paid off, and American companies were left at a disadvantage, said Jack McLaughlin, a Magnetic Media consultant.
  19. The disadvantage of the Delta II is a smaller payload capacity than either the Titan, Atlas or Ariane.
  20. In Harle Syke, the knotter says, only one mill was in commercial operation; there used to be 12. 'We were always at a disadvantage.'
  21. An official at Baring Brothers & Co. said the issue's fifth position clearly was a disadvantage but predicted the bonds ultimately would be well-placed.
  22. To Iran's disadvantage, the public mood in the West has changed appreciably, from "get the hostages out at any price" to "they had no business being there in the first place," and the likelihood of great pressure against firm action is minimal.
  23. Despite the enormous size of their institutions, they see themselves at a cultural disadvantage compared with the West.
  24. The No. 1 automaker said in a statement Thursday the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards are "a disadvantage for full-line manufacturers" that should be repealed or amended.
  25. If high oil prices persist until 1992, when European nations hope to integrate their economies, the United States could find itself at a disadvantage in trade talks, he said.
  26. In practice the EEC's welfare-state governments invoked vital interests threatened each time the slightest segment of their population risked a social or economic disadvantage.
  27. "We have made it known that we will continue to aid the mujahadeen if the Soviets continue their aid to the Kabul government," he said. "The mujahadeen are not being abandoned. They're not being put at a disadvantage.
  28. GM earlier this month asked the government to re-evaluate the 27.5 miles-per-gallon target for 1989 and 1990, saying it put full-line auto makers like GM at a disadvantage.
  29. That apparently was due to daylight-saving time's disadvantage for earlier shows.
  30. Burnley used the report to reiterate his support for elimination of the fuel-economy requirement, saying it placed U.S. manufacturers at a disadvantage against their foreign competition.
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