inferior
英 [ɪn'fɪərɪə]
美[ɪn'fɪrɪɚ]
- adj. 差的；自卑的；下级的，下等的
- n. 下级；次品
词态变化
复数: inferiors;
中文词源
inferior 低等的
来自拉丁语infra,在下面的，低的，词源同nether,-ior,比较级后缀。即更下的，更低的，引申词义低等的。
英文词源
- inferior
- inferior: see under
- inferior (adj.)
- early 15c., of land, "low, lower," from Latin inferior "lower, further down" (also used figuratively), comparative of inferus (adj.) "that is below or beneath," from infra "below" (see infra-). Meaning "lower in degree, rank, or importance" is from 1530s; also in an absolute sense, "of low quality or rank."
- inferior (n.)
- "person inferior to another in rank, etc.," early 15c., from inferior (adj.).
双语例句
- 1. He preferred the company of those who were intellectually inferior to himself.
- 他喜欢与那些智力水平不如他的人共处。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Joseph made sure that he was never palmed off with inferior stuff.
- 约瑟夫确保自己从不会被骗买一些次等原料。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Most career women make me feel inferior.
- 大部分职业女性让我感到自己不如她们。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. to make sb feel inferior
- 使某人自惭形秽
来自《权威词典》
- 5. I grudge paying so much for such inferior goods.
- 我不愿花这么多钱买次品.
来自《简明英汉词典》
