逊色

As a salesman he doesn't have to take a back seat to anyone.

作为一个推销员，他不比任何一个人逊色。

She does not have to take a back seat to any singer of her time.

同任何一位同时代的歌唱家相比，她都毫不逊色。

The professor's lecture was blemished by his strong accent.

那位教授的讲课因其明显的地方口音而逊色。

Biotechnology sector detracted from the fund's performance.

然而，我们偏重表现逊色的生物科技股，因而影响基金的表现。

That scandal he was involved in before detracts from his glorious achievement.

他以往卷入的那件丑闻已使他的光辉业绩大为逊色。

The house itself, embosomed in honeysuckles and creeping roses, was an ornament to the whole village, nor were its internal arrangements less exemplary than its outside was ornamental.

这座房子周围环绕着金银花和蔓藤玫瑰，是整个村子的点缀。它的内部装修一点也不比它漂亮的外面逊色。

And because it understands and forgives what is less so.

还因为它能理解和原谅一些逊色的东西。

The business passes into institutional ownership and professional management , becoming just a little greyer as a result .

公司转到机构手中，由专业人士管理，结果就是变得逊色一些。

Not only did they allow the undersized Rockets to outrebound them 60-38 on Sunday night, they also loafed back on defense and failed to close out on perimeter threes.

他们不仅仅让实力逊色的火箭队在篮板数上以60-38取胜，而且他们在防守端和三分球处理上也发挥不上水平。

West of the pine barrens, the sandy soils give way to finertextured loams, and the empty forests yield to fields of alfalfa and corn, of tomatoes and asparagus.

在新泽西以西的松树林，土地贫瘠而又沙化的土壤逊色于质感柔软的沃土，空荡荡的森林孕育了大片的紫花苜蓿、小麦、番茄和芦笋。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。