The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city breeds neurosis and a feeling of isolation—constant noise batters the senses.

这个国家有和平宁静的优点，但也有与世隔绝的缺点；城市滋生了神经衰弱症和孤立感——连续的噪音冲击着人们的感官。

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Surely confidence in this matter would be an advantage to passing on genes, and a terror of it would be a great disadvantage.

在这件是事情上，绝对的自信可能会成为基因传递的优势，恐惧会成为很大的劣势。

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She turned what might have been a disadvantage into an advantage by balancing her youthful enthusiasm with education and expertise.

她用她自己有教益的经历和热情，把不利条件化为有利条件。

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Trade moves labor and other resources from areas of our comparative disadvantage to areas of our comparative advantage and thus increases production available for consumption by all.

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But what is also true is that China has been very aggressive in gaming the trading system to its advantage and to the disadvantage of other countries, particularly the United States.

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Mr. SCHULT: You have an advantage and you have a disadvantage.

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