disadvantaged
/ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪdʒd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌdis-əd-ˈvan-tijd/ (ame, mw) · /ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒd/ (ame, ipa)
disadvantaged — 形容詞
- disadvantagedpositive
- more disadvantagedcomparative
- most disadvantagedsuperlative
1. without the money, schooling, or family support that most other people in the sa
弱勢的
缺乏一般人擁有的資源或機會的
without the money, schooling, or family support that most other people in the same society can rely on, which makes it harder to do well in life.
Sora grew up in a disadvantaged neighbourhood where most houses had no hot water.
Sora 在一個弱勢社區長大，那裡大部分房子都沒有熱水。
attributive: disadvantaged + place noun
The new scholarship helps disadvantaged students from rural villages pay for university.
新的獎學金幫助來自鄉村的弱勢學生支付大學費用。
collocation: disadvantaged students / children / youth
Children from disadvantaged families often start school behind their classmates in reading.
來自弱勢家庭的孩子，閱讀程度經常一開學就落後同學。
Vivek argued that the tax cuts left disadvantaged communities with even fewer health services.
Vivek 認為減稅讓弱勢社區的醫療服務變得更少。
Many of the women in the shelter come from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
庇護所裡許多婦女來自社會與經濟條件不利的家庭。
- underprivileged
very close in meaning; slightly more focused on lacking social privileges than on poverty itself.
- deprived
stronger and more emotive; implies serious lack of basic needs like food, housing, or care.
- marginalized
stresses being pushed to the edge of society or decision-making, not only lacking resources.
- privileged
having extra advantages such as wealth, good schools, or useful family connections.
- advantaged
direct opposite but much less common in everyday English.
文法句型
disadvantaged + noun (e.g. children, family, community, background)
be + disadvantaged
用法筆記
Almost always attributive (before a noun such as children, students, families, communities, group, background). Frequently paired with adverbs like 'socially', 'economically', 'educationally' that name the area of disadvantage.
常見錯誤
disadvantaged — 名詞
1. used with 'the' to talk about everyone in a society who is poor or who has fewer
弱勢族群
社會中資源或機會明顯不足的群體
used with 'the' to talk about everyone in a society who is poor or who has fewer chances in life, treated together as one group.
The new charity in Manila provides free meals and medical care for the disadvantaged.
馬尼拉這個新成立的慈善機構為弱勢族群提供免費餐點與醫療照護。
pattern: for / to the disadvantaged (recipient)
Manuela has spent thirty years teaching reading to the disadvantaged in her city.
Manuela 在自己居住的城市為弱勢族群教導識字已經三十年。
pattern: teach / serve the disadvantaged
The new housing policy was written specifically to help the disadvantaged find safer homes.
新的住宅政策就是為了幫助弱勢族群找到更安全的住所而制定的。
Mateo believes the government should do more to protect the disadvantaged during the economic crisis.
Mateo 認為在經濟危機期間，政府應該採取更多行動保護弱勢族群。
- the underprivileged
very close meaning; slightly broader sense of lacking social privileges, not only material need.
- the poor
more direct and less formal; focuses on lack of money, not on chances in life.
- the needy
focuses on needing urgent help with food, shelter, or care.
- the privileged
people with extra advantages such as wealth, education, or useful connections.
文法句型
the disadvantaged + verb (plural agreement)
help / support / serve + the disadvantaged
用法筆記
Always preceded by 'the' and treated as plural ('the disadvantaged are…', never 'a disadvantaged' or 'disadvantaged are…'). Refers to people as a whole group, not to one named individual; for one person, use 'a disadvantaged child / family / student' instead.