| 词汇 | disadvantageous |
| 释义 | disadvantageous adjective uk /ˌdɪsˌæd.vənˈteɪ.dʒəs/ us /ˌdɪsˌæd.vænˈteɪ.dʒəs/ causing problems, especially causing something or someone to be less successful than other things or people: 不利的 disadvantageous toEmail can be disadvantageous to people who have stronger oral skills than writing skills.电子邮件对那些口头能力强于写作能力的人来说可能是不利的。 Despite their high level of education these women were mostly in a disadvantageous position on the job market. 尽管这些妇女的教育水平很高，但她们在就业市场上大多处于不利的地位。 Synonyms adverse unfavourableUK Opposites advantageous favourableUK See disadvantage Disclosure of the recommendations contained in these reports could prove disadvantageous to the project. Existing consumers are targeted and encouraged to get further into debt on disadvantageous terms. She turned the disadvantageous situation to her advantage. Advantage and disadvantage ace an ace up your sleeveidiom attraction be well in thereidiom be/stay/keep one jump aheadidiom have something on your sideidiom have the inside trackidiom have the odds/cards stacked against youidiom head start hold all the cardsidiom leg lock milk profit from something racing start saving grace scent bloodidiom secret weapon stick the best of both worldsidiom Examples of disadvantageousdisadvantageous It is possible, however, that some of the diseases now associated with middle and old age are the products of former selection against disadvantageous genes. For each question, a score of 0 was given for the presence of socially disadvantageous behaviour and 1 for more advantageous behaviour. If we abstract from context, it is indeterminate whether this physical abnormality is disadvantageous. The same trait can be simultaneously disadvantageous by one standard and equalizing or advantageous by another. The analysis of disadvantageous cases showed a more articulated picture. But endogamy is the social reflection of biological inbreeding, and it may, therefore, also be disadvantageous. Individuals without the threat-simulation system would have been in a disadvantageous position, and would have been selected against in the ancestral environment. The formation of circular molecules is disadvantageous to prebiotic replication because the two strands are intertwined and dissociation on dilution is prevented. Accessible judicial channels are needed to facilitate citizen challenges to administrative decisions that are disadvantageous to the diffuse public. It is disadvantageous for the word merger with no conventionalized character to preserve in the evolution of language. While being small was disadvantageous, having a good organization meant that small groups could still set private guild rules to protect themselves. In these cases, the same trait is both disadvantageous and equalizing or advantageous. Each modal form was used once in association with the advantageous condition and once with the disadvantageous condition. In each contrast, the stronger modal verb was associated once with the advantageous condition and once with the disadvantageous condition. If a disadvantageous permitted action is required, subjects do not have to perform it and, consequently, their losses can be reduced. See all examples of disadvantageous These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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