inferior

英 [?n'f??r??] 美[?n'f?r??]
  • adj. 差的;自卑的;下級(jí)的,下等的
  • n. 下級(jí);次品

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?inferiors;

中文詞源


inferior 低等的

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)infra,在下面的,低的,詞源同nether,-ior,比較級(jí)后綴。即更下的,更低的,引申詞義低等的。

英文詞源


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.).

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. He preferred the company of those who were intellectually inferior to himself.
他喜歡與那些智力水平不如他的人共處。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Joseph made sure that he was never palmed off with inferior stuff.
約瑟夫確保自己從不會(huì)被騙買(mǎi)一些次等原料。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. Most career women make me feel inferior.
大部分職業(yè)女性讓我感到自己不如她們。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. to make sb feel inferior
使某人自慚形穢

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. I grudge paying so much for such inferior goods.
我不愿花這么多錢(qián)買(mǎi)次品.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》