inferior
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɪn'fɪərɪəɪnˈfɪəriə(r)]
- 美式音标 [ɪnˈfɪriə(r)]
- 国际音标 [in'fiəriə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.较低的;次等的;不如的;下级的
- n.下级;属下;[印]下标符号
词源解说
- 15世纪初期进入英语,直接源自拉丁语的inferior,意为低等的,下级的。
词根记忆
- infer(推断) + ior→推断的东西是次要的,事实才是依据→下等的,劣等的
- infer(推断) + ior→推断的东西是次要的,事实才是依据→下等的
- infer(推断) + ior→推断服从于事实→下级的;次的
- infer(推断) + ior→推断的东西是次要的,事实才是依据→次要的
- infer(推断) + ior→推断的东西是次要的,事实才是依据→次的
英汉例句
- He is an inferior officer.
他是一个下等军官。 - The rank of captain is inferior.
上尉的军衔很低。 - The rank of captain is inferior to the rank of major.
上尉的级别低于少校。 - A good leader should get on well with inferiors.
一个好的领导应当与部下相处融洽。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- inferior court 初级法庭
- inferior limit 下限
- inferior officer 下级军官
- inferior by comparison 相形见绌
- inferior in 在…方面低劣
- inferior to 级别低于;次于;不如;比
- Inferior colliculus [解剖]下丘;蝙蝠下丘
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
~+介词
短语
英英字典
- not good, or not as good as someone or something else
- someone who is considered to be less important than other people
- Something that is inferior is not as good as something else.
- If one person is regarded as inferior to another, they are regarded as less important because they have less status or ability.
- Inferior is also a noun.
- inferiority
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专业释义
- 下
ObjectiveTo study the effect of combined surgical treatment for retrograte inferior entropion.
目的:研究有效治疗退行 性下 睑内翻的联合 手术方法。法学
- 伪劣
Part IV Quantity of the crime of manufacturing or selling counterfeit or inferior products.
第四部分,生产、销售伪劣产品罪的罪数。能源科学技术
- 下级
- 下等的
- 下
- 下位的
- 下位的;在下的