At a disadvantage in a game or a competitive situation.
〈非正式〉（在比赛或竞争中）心理上处于劣势的
a one-down position
Example sentencesExamples
England have for years started one-down whenever the opponents were Australia, no matter what the sport.
The classic example is ‘men don't ask for directions’; to do so frames them as one-down, a person needing help, and the direction-giver as one-up, a person with superior knowledge.
This was his first Test in over a year, and his 15th at the problematic one-down position.
Torrance clearly believes in Potter's First Law of Gamesmanship: if you are not one-up, then you are one-down.
Definition of one-down in US English:
one-down
adjectiveˌwənˈdoun
informal
At a disadvantage in a game or a competitive situation.
〈非正式〉（在比赛或竞争中）心理上处于劣势的
a one-down position
Example sentencesExamples
This was his first Test in over a year, and his 15th at the problematic one-down position.
The classic example is ‘men don't ask for directions’; to do so frames them as one-down, a person needing help, and the direction-giver as one-up, a person with superior knowledge.
Torrance clearly believes in Potter's First Law of Gamesmanship: if you are not one-up, then you are one-down.
England have for years started one-down whenever the opponents were Australia, no matter what the sport.