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单词 pros and cons
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pros and cons


plural noun

the favorable and the unfavorable factors or reasons; advantages and disadvantages.

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prorubricyte, pros-, prosaic, prosaism, prosaist, pros and cons, prosateur, Pros. Atty., Proscar, proscenium, prosciutto
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British Dictionary definitions for pros and cons

pros and cons

pl n

the various arguments in favour of and against a motion, course of action, etc

Word Origin for pros and cons

C16: from Latin prō for + con, from contrā against
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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pros and cons

Arguments or considerations for and against something, as in We'd best weigh all the pros and cons before we decide to add a new wing to the library. This idiom is taken from the Latin pro for “for” and con for “against.” [Late 1500s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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