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Definition of downside in English: downsidenounˈdaʊnsʌɪdˈdaʊnˌsaɪd The negative aspect of something otherwise regarded as good or desirable. (尤指总的说来是好事或称心事的)负面,阴暗面,消极面 he says being a rock star is a fun line of work when you're young, but admits fame can have its downsides a magazine feature on the downside of fashion modelling 杂志上一篇关于时装模特儿工作阴暗面的特写。 Example sentencesExamples - Unless you have the dubious pleasure of living right next door to an airport one of the biggest downsides of going on holiday is catching a flight at an ungodly hour of the day.
- The downside is that if the feature makes a lot of money, very little of it will come back to Film Four.
- In particular, why the euro continues to be weak and the not unconnected matter of what are the downsides for the US economy and its bullish looking near-term outlook.
- Still, laser machining has its downsides and limitations.
- He was a cyborg but without the downsides like flaws in programming.
- Having a residential campus, however, has its downsides - like the campus food, which apparently was, and still is, less than appetizing.
- The main downsides included being unable to easily get items that we were used to at home, mainly good bread, cheese, wine, chocolate, beauty supplies and clothes.
- Most proposals have downsides equal to their upsides.
- There are potential downsides to this, however.
- For eleven months a year we put up with all the downsides: too much traffic, too many people, restaurants behaving as though they are doing us a favour if they let us eat, too much noise, theatres sold out.
- There are, however, a few downsides to the show.
- But even the downsides should not be interpreted as whingeing.
- The downside is that my nights are rather troublesome, and I'm not getting a lot of rest from them.
- One of the downsides, but something, which is not uncommon in most fitness centres I have reviewed, is the lack of willing floor staff to offer advice without prompting.
- The only downside is that driving slowly is difficult and finding a gear to settle into sedate mode is a challenge.
- As to the arts, one of the downsides is that it can wipe out the independent groupings and what you get instead is a grouping which is acceptable to the establishment or to those who wish to control society.
- Having said this, there are some real downsides.
- One of the downsides of having bachelorhood thrust upon one after a prolonged stretch of cohabitation is that one's living standards deteriorate remarkably quickly.
- Undoubtedly, there will be downsides to enlargement of the EU and the introduction of the new mechanisms that are being brought in on voting, etc to facilitate this.
- Martin loves being captain, but it has its downsides, for example the mental toughness required and the massive responsibilities.
Synonyms snag, drawback, disadvantage, stumbling block, catch, pitfall, fly in the ointment handicap, limitation, trouble, difficulty, problem, complication, liability, nuisance hindrance, obstacle, impediment weak spot/point, weakness, flaw, defect, fault British disbenefit informal minus, flip side, hiccup British informal spanner in the works North American informal monkey wrench in the works Definition of downside in US English: downsidenounˈdounˌsīdˈdaʊnˌsaɪd The negative aspect of something otherwise regarded as good or desirable. (尤指总的说来是好事或称心事的)负面,阴暗面,消极面 he says being a rock star is a fun line of work when you're young, but admits fame can have its downsides a magazine feature on the downside of fashion modeling 杂志上一篇关于时装模特儿工作阴暗面的特写。 Example sentencesExamples - The downside is that if the feature makes a lot of money, very little of it will come back to Film Four.
- The downside is that my nights are rather troublesome, and I'm not getting a lot of rest from them.
- In particular, why the euro continues to be weak and the not unconnected matter of what are the downsides for the US economy and its bullish looking near-term outlook.
- Undoubtedly, there will be downsides to enlargement of the EU and the introduction of the new mechanisms that are being brought in on voting, etc to facilitate this.
- For eleven months a year we put up with all the downsides: too much traffic, too many people, restaurants behaving as though they are doing us a favour if they let us eat, too much noise, theatres sold out.
- Having said this, there are some real downsides.
- He was a cyborg but without the downsides like flaws in programming.
- Still, laser machining has its downsides and limitations.
- The only downside is that driving slowly is difficult and finding a gear to settle into sedate mode is a challenge.
- As to the arts, one of the downsides is that it can wipe out the independent groupings and what you get instead is a grouping which is acceptable to the establishment or to those who wish to control society.
- There are, however, a few downsides to the show.
- Having a residential campus, however, has its downsides - like the campus food, which apparently was, and still is, less than appetizing.
- Most proposals have downsides equal to their upsides.
- Martin loves being captain, but it has its downsides, for example the mental toughness required and the massive responsibilities.
- One of the downsides, but something, which is not uncommon in most fitness centres I have reviewed, is the lack of willing floor staff to offer advice without prompting.
- One of the downsides of having bachelorhood thrust upon one after a prolonged stretch of cohabitation is that one's living standards deteriorate remarkably quickly.
- Unless you have the dubious pleasure of living right next door to an airport one of the biggest downsides of going on holiday is catching a flight at an ungodly hour of the day.
- The main downsides included being unable to easily get items that we were used to at home, mainly good bread, cheese, wine, chocolate, beauty supplies and clothes.
- There are potential downsides to this, however.
- But even the downsides should not be interpreted as whingeing.
Synonyms snag, drawback, disadvantage, stumbling block, catch, pitfall, fly in the ointment |