at a disadvantage

phr

• ① 处于不的地位
  • take a person [be taken] at a disadvantage乘隙打击某人[被人乘隙打击]
  • put a person at a disadvantage使某人处于不利的地位
  • Those pupils who had poor memories were at a disadvantage.那些记忆力不佳的同学就处于劣势。