喜樂美語
  1. 1nC1/ˈdrɔːbæk/缺點

    A bad point of a plan, product, or situation that makes it less good, even when other parts are good.

    示範例句 · Example

    It's a good-looking bike — the only drawback is the price.

    逐字它是一輛好看的腳踏車——唯一的缺點是價錢。

    「drawback」核心意思是「整體還不錯，但有一個會讓人猶豫的缺點」。核心畫面可以想成「本來挺好的東西，被往後拉了一下」：價錢偏高、天氣差、太重、時間不夠，都可以想成從這條線長出來。常見骨架：the only / main / major drawback、a drawback of / to something、have / suffer from a drawback。跟 disadvantage 比：disadvantage 較中性，只說「不利點」；drawback 多半帶「好處先講，再點出那個缺點」的感覺。跟 the downside 比：the downside 偏口語且常當單數；drawback 可數，可說 one of the main drawbacks。

    常見搭配

    • the only drawback

      唯一的缺點

      the one bad point when other parts are good

      It's a great park — the only drawback is the crowded weekends.

    • the main / major drawback

      主要／最大的缺點

      the most important bad point

      The main drawback of the plan is how long it takes.

    • a drawback of / to something

      某事物的缺點／不利之處

      a bad point that belongs to a plan, product, or situation

      One drawback of living far from school is the long walk.

    • have / suffer from a drawback

      有／帶有一個缺點

      to include a bad point that weakens something

      This design has one serious drawback for young riders.

    • a big / serious drawback

      很大／嚴重的缺點

      a bad point that matters a lot

      Weight is a big drawback for the school's old projector.

    • one of the main drawbacks

      主要缺點之一

      one important bad point among several

      One of the main drawbacks is that the kit needs new batteries.

    用法接近

    bad pointlimitationproblemshortcoming

core核心畫面

You can picture yourself moving forward while one hand keeps tugging you backwards: the plan is good, but one part of it pulls the other way. A drawback is that tug — not a reason the whole thing fails, just the piece that holds it back.

可以想成你正要往前走，卻有一隻手在後面把你往回拉：計畫本身是好的，但其中一項一直扯著。drawback 就是那股往後拉的力——不是整件事不行，而是讓它沒那麼好的那個部分。

From the word’s history

Recorded from 1720 in the sense 'hindrance, disadvantage' — simply the verb draw plus the adverb back. The picture of something pulling progress backwards is right there in the two halves of the word.

1720 年就用來指「阻礙、不利之處」，組成非常直白：draw（拉）加 back（往回）。那個「有東西把進展往回拉」的畫面，就直接寫在字的兩半裡，拆開看就懂。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entry 'drawback'

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

複數 drawbacks

用法接近

bad pointlimitationproblemshortcoming

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

drawbacknoun/ˈdɹɔːˌbæk/

  • 1

    A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.

    • Poor fuel economy is a common drawback among larger vehicles.
    • there was no one real drawback to her flutter of excitement and happy anticipation
  • 2

    A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.

    • East-India goods, not specifically and particularly rated, are to be liable to duties and drawbacks on the value, to be taken by the gross price at the company's public sales.
  • 3

    The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette, viewed as a skill of the practised smoker.

    • ‘I wanta learn to do the drawback better than Swiftie.’

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