0 a condition or situation that causes problems, especially one that causes something or someone to be less successful than other things or people:
1 to cause someone or something to be less successful than most other people or things:
Teachers claim such measures could unfairly disadvantage ethnic minorities.
2 something that makes a successful result less likely, esp. less likely for you than it is for others:
He had the added disadvantage of being the only man present.
You have to set the advantages of the scheme against the disadvantages.
Wherever you choose to live there are always going to be disadvantages.
Her book sentimentalizes parenthood and completely ignores the disadvantages of it.
The second conclusion is that this empirical form of technology assessment has very specific advantages and disadvantages.
Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages and their development should continue concurrently.
However, he also says that we should not compensate people for natural advantages and disadvantages.
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劣勢,不利因素, 使處於劣勢,使處於不利地位…
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劣势,不利因素, 使处于劣势,使处于不利地位…
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desventaja, desventaja [feminine]…
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desvantagem, prejuízo, inconveniente…
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不利なこと…
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mahsur, sakınca, dezavantaj…
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désavantage [masculine], inconvénient [masculine], désavantage…
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