社会学家发现，和在双亲家庭成长起来的孩子相比，单亲家庭长大的孩子在某些方面稍显劣势。

Social scientists have found that children growing up in single-parent families are <em>disadvantaged</em> in some ways when compared to those from two-biological-parent families.

尤其是对女性来说，超重或肥胖在工作中会明显处于劣势。

Especially for women, there is a clear penalty at work for being overweight or obese.

处于劣势的波斯尼亚部队。

Bosnia's overmatched forces.

这个党派在选举中以微弱劣势败北。

The party was narrowly defeated in the elections.

在争夺该奖项过程中你以微弱劣势败北。

You were just pipped for the prize.

少数民族成员更容易失业，而且这种劣势还延伸至生活的其他领域。

Ethnic minorities are more prone to unemployment. Further, this disadvantage extends to other areas of life.

他不会说外语，这使他在竞争中处于劣势。

His inability to speak a foreign language put him at a disadvantage in competition.

黑人有着明显的劣势。

Blacks had distinct disadvantages.

小是一个巨大的劣势。

Being small is a huge disadvantage.

其中有优势也有劣势。

There are advantages and disadvantages.