每日一词【821】disadvantage：劣势

今天我们要学的词是disadvantage。 Disadvantage, 劣势。美国总统奥巴马认为，美国学校应该延长教学时间。"Obama says American students spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with kids in other countries," 奥巴马表示，美国学生在学校里的时间太短，跟其它国家孩子比处于劣势。

国际黄金价格居高不下。"The disadvantage for holding gold is that there is no interest," 投资黄金的缺点是没有利率。"But the disadvantage is lessened¹ by the current low interest rates," 但是如今的低利率减少了这一劣势的影响。好的，今天我们学习的词是disadvantage...

1 lessened   

减少的，减弱的

参考例句：

• Listening to the speech through an interpreter lessened its impact somewhat. 演讲辞通过翻译的嘴说出来，多少削弱了演讲的力量。
• The flight to suburbia lessened the number of middle-class families living within the city. 随着迁往郊外的风行，住在城内的中产家庭减少了。