inferior

[in'fiəriə]

adj.较低的, 次等的, 不如的, 下级的
n.下级, 属下, [印]下标符号

a.[Z]

1. (地位等)低等的; 下级的; 低于……的[(+to)]

2. (质量等)次的; 较差的; 次于……的[(+to)]

Synthetic fabric is inferior to cotton fabric.

合成纤维织物不如棉织品好。

3. (位置)下方的

n.[C]

1. (地位等)低于他人者; 部下, 属下

The manager is friendly with his inferiors.

经理对他的部属很友好。

2. 次品

词形变化

名词: inferiority |

词义辨析

同义:

a.低等的; 较差的

lower  worse  subordinate  secondary  lesser  

同义参见:

subordinate  assistant  common  coarse  petty  ordinary  off  nether  minor  low  lame  kitchen  degraded  wretched  base  unsatisfactory  

反义:

a.下级的; 较差的

superior  

反义参见:

peer  great  

英英释义

名词 inferior:

one of lesser rank or station or quality

a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

同义词：subscript

形容词 inferior:

of or characteristic of low rank or importance

of low or inferior quality

inferior in rank or status

同义词：junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate

written or printed below and to one side of another character

同义词：subscript

having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit

lower than a given reference point

falling short of some prescribed norm

同义词：deficient, substandard

补充

inferiorinferior英:[inˈfiəriə] 美:[ɪnˈfɪriɚ]adj.1.低等的, 下级的The rank of captain is inferior.上尉的军衔很低。2.劣等的, 次的They sell inferior goods at that store.那家商店卖劣等货。The food at that restaurant is inferior.那家饭馆的饭菜质量差。The house is inferior to what I expected.那房子比我所期望的差。n.1.部下, 下属A good leader should get on well with inferiors.一个好的领导应当与部下相处融洽。

例句

1. Mary does not rebel against her inferior status in the company.玛丽对自己在公司的低下地位安之若素。 2. Most career women make me feel inferior.大多数职业女性让我自惭形秽。 3. If children are made to feel inferior to other children their confidence will decline.如果让孩子们感觉不如其他孩子, 他们的信心就会减弱。 4. Women were seen as inferior to men.人们曾认为女人不如男人。 5. The cassettes were of inferior quality.那些磁带质量较差。 6. It was a cheap and inferior product.这是一种价廉质次的产品。 7. The victim was in an inferior position to the attacker, perhaps sitting or squatting.受害者位于攻击者的下方, 或坐着, 或蹲着。 8. A gentleman should always be civil, even to his inferiors.绅士应该始终彬彬有礼, 即使对地位低的人也应如此。 9. She is never considered an inferior.她从未被认为低人一等。 10. He complained of the slackness of his inferiors.他对下属的懈怠表示不满。 11. schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country.市中心贫民区的学校教育次于全国其他地方。 12. inferior goods.次品。 13. ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of the duodenum.位于十二指肠下部和后部肠壁的溃疡。 14. her social and intellectual inferiors.社会地位和知识水平不如她的人。 15. This material is obviously inferior to that one.这种材料的质量显然不如那种材料。 16. She always treats me as her intellectual inferior.她总是把我看作是智力上不如她的人。 17. inferior goods/materials/products劣质商品/材料/产品 18. an inferior performer/performance蹩脚的表演者/表演 19. These pearls are of inferior quality.这些珍珠成色差。 20. These pearls are inferior (in quality) to others I have seen.这些珍珠（的成色）比我之前见过的那些要差。 21. They were considered a socially inferior group.他们被视为社会下层。 22. He always felt inferior around his brother.在哥哥身边，他总是感到自惭形秽。 23. He always felt inferior to his brother.和自己的哥哥相比，他总是感到自惭形秽。 24. The judges voted to overturn a ruling made by an inferior court.法官们投票推翻了下级法院的一项判决。 25. the inferiority of the cheaper materials便宜材料的质量低劣 26. He had a sense of social inferiority among wealthy people.和富人在一起，他感到一种社会地位上的低人一等。 27. She treated her employees as social inferiors.她把自己的员工当作社会下层来对待。