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单词 at disadvantage
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at (also †upon) (a) disadvantage
P2. at (also †upon) (a) disadvantageand variants: in an unfavourable position relative to someone or something else. [Compare Middle French a desavantage, French à désavantage (15th cent.).]
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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 2828 (MED) Was þat a dede of a manly knyȝt? To slen a man forweried in fiȝt..Naked þe hed, his armure al to-torn..At disavauntage, & pleinly oute of Ioynt.
a1500 (a1450) Partonope of Blois (BL Add.) (1912) l. 4086 (MED) Ye se me atte dysavawntage [a1500 Rawl. Poet. dyssavantage].
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 1363 And so beyng forced eyther to famishe or to fight at disaduauntage, Mounsier Thermes..caused his Vantgard to passe ouer the Ryuer..to auoyde the shotte of the Englishe shippes.
1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 168 In the furie of the fight they can both march forward if they preuaile, or retyre vpon disaduantage.
1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (new ed.) 9 I have no Genius to disputes in Religion, and have often thought it wisdome to decline them, and especially upon a disadvantage.
1706 Rev. State Eng. Nation 15 June 1/2 My Lord Peterborough has not..suffer'd them to Attack him, or force him to Fight at some Disadvantage.
a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. xi. 219 We often purchase them [sc. our pleasures in this world] at a great disadvantage.
1886 Ames (Iowa) Intelligencer 11 Feb. 7/5 Shame on the man who is willing that his wife, sister or mother should be placed at such a disadvantage.
1924 Times 7 Aug. 12/4 The Conservative Party would be at a disadvantage in that they would be fighting against a parrot cry demanding the abolition of the House of Lords.
1981 R. Davies Rebel Angels (1983) v. 60 Men always want to disconcert women and put them at a disadvantage.
2011 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Feb. b3/6 It [sc. the talk show] is at a disadvantage because it is not surrounded by other original shows.
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