The downside 是什么意思呀？

The downside

1. 某事物的不足之处、负面或缺点

2. 不利的一面、不利的因素

The downside of living here, of course, is that it is expensive.

在这里生活的不利因素当然就是生活费用很高。

The downside of the book is that it is written in a rather boring style.

这本书的缺点就是写作风格太单调了！

The intro 

(Listening Comprehension)

Hey, what's up everybody ? It's Mr.Wong here and oh my goodness ! Last week, I met this girl, she was beautiful, smart, nice, sweet, caring, cute and all those other good stuff. And did I mention beautiful ? So yeah, she was everything a guy ever wanted, but the downside was...she has a boyfriend, and they are planning to get married soon. Darn ! You see the worse thing is, I found out she's actually still single, she just doesn't like me...…Anyways, there are plenty of fish in the sea, so uh let's talk about our phrase of the day, shall we ? And that phrase is "The downside". check it out !

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