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单词 downside
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downside
noun
uk
/ˈdaʊn.saɪd/us
/ˈdaʊn.saɪd/
C1
adisadvantageof asituation:
不利的一面，不利因素
The downsideoflivinghere, ofcourse, is that it isexpensive.在这里生活的不利因素当然就是生活费用很高。
Unemployment,inflation, andgreaterinequalityare often the downside of amarketeconomy.失业、通货膨胀和不平等的加剧常常是市场经济带来的不利一面。
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(Definition ofdownsidefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

downside| American Dictionary

downside
noun[U]
us
/ˈdɑʊnˌsɑɪd/
thenegativepartof asituation:
It’s agreatplan– the downside is that it’s going tocosta lot ofmoney.
(Definition ofdownsidefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

downside| Business English

downside
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdaʊnsaɪd/us
adisadvantageorproblem:
The only downside ofworkinghere is that it is sofarfrom myhome.
The town'srapidgrowthdoes have a downside.
Wediscussedall thepotentialdownsides, but in the end shedecidedto goahead.
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(Definition ofdownsidefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdownside

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On thedownside, bond graphs do not possess the versatility of mathematical equations.
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On thedownside, firms experiencing safety problems with one of their own brand products cannot externalize the costs involved to the entire food market.
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Figure 4 shows three panels with the results of the sensitivity analyses of the previous section, but now fordownsidedeviation as the risk measure.
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One commonly citeddownsideof globalization is the globalization of risk.
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In every market there are winners, losers, buyers, sellers, and inevitably, beggars who are thedownsideof all economic systems of production and distribution.
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On thedownside, this often resulted in preferential treatment for certain regions over others, depending upon the power holders' origins.
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Usingdownsidedeviation as a risk measure boils down to taking quadratic shortfall.
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Thedownsideis that it provides a case study of the fragmentation of the social sciences.
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Thedownsideis that it generates problems of demandingness of a sort that also afflict these rival approaches.
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Finally, an extra argument for using adownsiderisk measure is that it represents the notion of loss aversion.
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There is a rise in professed efficacy reinforced by maturational characteristics but, alas, this has adownside.
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Taking no risk at all might prove to give a largerdownsiderisk than taking calculated risks in the investment policy.
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The onlydownsideis the poor reproduction quality of many of the photos, many of which are too contrasty.
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This being said, there is the potentialdownsideof a vicious circle.
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The disadvantage, however, is that it does not take into account that pension funds experience a seriousdownsidewhen returns are (too) low.
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