be worse than before

基本解釋

Is it likely that my dog will be worse after surgery than before?
我的犬在手術(shù)后有可能比手術(shù)前狀況更差嗎？
A country can lose $100 billion-worth of pastureland, gain $100 billion-worth of skills and be no worse off than before.
一個(gè)國(guó)家若失去了價(jià)值1000億美元的牧場(chǎng)，卻獲得了1000億美元的技術(shù)，那她的狀況并不比之前差。
Moreover, managers often overestimate the extra sales that lower prices generate, so companies may be left worse off than before the cuts.
而且，經(jīng)營(yíng)者們往往高估了低價(jià)促銷的作用，因此降價(jià)之后，公司可能處境更糟。

Displaced workers might be pushed into worse-paid jobs than they had before.
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