每日一词【821】disadvantage：劣势（在线收听）

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 lessened 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...