downside

英 [ˈdaʊnsaɪd] 美 [ˈdaʊnsaɪd]

n.  缺点; 不利方面

复数:downsides

Collins.1 / BNC.20493 / COCA.8709



牛津词典

noun

  1. 缺点;不利方面
    the disadvantages or less positive aspects of sth

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-SING 负面;阴暗面;缺点
      The downside of a situation is the aspect of it which is less positive, pleasant, or useful than its other aspects.
      1. The downside of this approach is a lack of clear leadership...
        这个办法的缺点是没有明确的领导。
      2. There is a downside to it: the more she remembers, the more bitter she feels about what has happened.
        这有个不利之处:她记起的越多,对发生的一切就会觉得越痛苦。

    双语例句

    1. The downside of this approach is a lack of clear leadership
      这个办法的缺点是没有明确的领导。
    2. There is a downside to it: the more she remembers, the more bitter she feels about what has happened.
      这有个不利之处:她记起的越多,对发生的一切就会觉得越痛苦。
    3. This leaves energy equities, particularly high oil-weighted companies ( like oil sands) exposed to greater downside risk.
      这将使能源股,尤其是石油权重公司(如含油砂开采公司),面临更大的下跌风险。
    4. Another downside is that entry level servers do not support this technology, only high-end and midrange servers.
      另一个不足在于,入门级服务器不支持这项技术,仅高端和中端服务器支持。
    5. On the downside, we have issues of security, transaction handling, and scalability.
      从消极的方面来看,我们会遇到安全性、事务处理以及可伸缩性等问题。
    6. The downside is that if this fails, we would need to restore the system from a mksysb backup.
      不好的一面是如果此操作失败,我们将需要从一个mksysb备份恢复此系统。
    7. The downside is that when the project fails, the investment is lost.
      不利的一面是,当项目遭遇失败时,投资就损失掉了。
    8. On the downside, you need to consider concurrency.
      缺点是,您需要考虑并发性。
    9. The downside to composite keys is that they are a little difficult to design and code.
      组合键的缺点是设计和编码略有难度。
    10. Morgan Stanley analysts said on Monday there were significant downside risks to growth in Asia this year.
      摩根士丹利(MorganStanley)分析师周一表示,今年亚洲的增长存在很大的下行风险。
    11. 'There's no real risk, no downside at all,' he says.
      他说,根本没有真正的风险,没有负面的东西。
    12. However, growth in2010 remains subject to significant upside and downside risks.
      然而,2010年的增长率依然取决于重大的上行和下行风险。
    13. But the two also pointed to some downside risks for the economy.
      但是他们同时表明了经济风险的减少。
    14. Nonetheless, the downside risks from financial stress and macroeconomic adjustment have been rising sharply.
      不过,金融压力和宏观调整的下行风险已在急剧上升。
    15. This study tested a model of firm risk-return relations in which risk was conceptualized in terms of downside outcomes.
      本项研究对一种公司风险收益关系模型进行了试验,其中的风险已按下行的、负面的结果作了概念化。
    16. The downside of this technology was insuring that the oil would not leak out of the lens cell.
      该技术的缺点是:必须保证油不会从物镜组的小室中泄漏出去。
    17. Moreover, downside risks to the economic outlook have increased.
      此外,经济前景的下行风险有所加重。
    18. Intel may be protecting Motorola and Lenovo from any downside on the new products.
      英特尔也许会保护摩托罗拉和联想的新产品不会出现任何缺点。
    19. Oh, yes. plus, what's the downside?
      对了,她有什么不好的地方?
    20. The debt crisis in the West European periphery has increased downside risks to global recovery and oil prices.
      西欧周边地区的债务危机已经增大了全球复苏和原油价格的下行风险。
    21. Unemployment inflation and greater inequality are often the downside of a market economy.
      失业、通货膨胀和更严重的不平等通常是市场经济的不利因素。
    22. However, he warns, there is a potential downside.
      不过,他警告称,这里存在一个潜在的负面因素。
    23. Various downside risks for the world economy could affect prospects for 2008, Unctad warned.
      联合国贸易和发展会议警告,世界经济各种下行风险可能影响2008年的前景。
    24. For Londoners, this has a downside.
      对于伦敦人来说,这存在不利影响。
    25. You can always see the downside, the drawback or the difficulty if you care to look for it.
      只要你有心挑刺,你总能看到事情不好的一面,或其中的障碍和困难。
    26. The one downside to this program is that it can be a bit tricky to install and set up.
      的一个不利因素是这个程序,它可以是一个比较困难的安装和设置。
    27. I asked Leslie how could this happen, and he said he omitted to assess the downside risk.
      我问张立宪怎么会发生这种事,他说他忽略了评估下行风险。
    28. But the downside is that it's still one big codebase, not really modular.
      但是缺点是它仍是一个大代码库,不是真正的模块。
    29. However, there is a downside to this growth.
      然而,这一增长势头也有不好的方面。
    30. However, there is also a downside to this security product.
      然而,也有不利的这一安全产品。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. a negative aspect of something that is generally positive
      1. there is a downside even to motherhood