DISADVANTAGE

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Traducere în limba română

disadvantage I. substantiv

1. dezavantaj, situaţie nefavorabilă;

at a disadvantage dezavantajat, în dezavantaj; în pierdere;

to take smb. at a disadvantage a) a surprinde pe cineva, a lua pe cineva prin surprindere / pe neaşteptate; b) a fi avantajat / în avantaj faţă de cineva;

to sell to disadvantage / to sell at a disadvantage a vinde cu pierdere.

2. daună, detriment, prejudiciu, pagubă.

3. piedică, obstacol.

disadvantage II. verb tranzitiv

a dzavantaja, a păgubi.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Yes, we must suppose the faults of the niece to have been those of the aunt; and it makes one more sensible of the disadvantages she has been under.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

He was the more confirmed in this opinion, because, he observed, that as I agreed in every feature of my body with other Yahoos, except where it was to my real disadvantage in point of strength, speed, and activity, the shortness of my claws, and some other particulars where nature had no part; so from the representation I had given him of our lives, our manners, and our actions, he found as near a resemblance in the disposition of our minds.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

From the further disadvantage of Lydia's society she was of course carefully kept, and though Mrs. Wickham frequently invited her to come and stay with her, with the promise of balls and young men, her father would never consent to her going.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

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