inferior
英 [ɪnˈfɪəriə(r)] 美 [ɪnˈfɪriə(r)]

adj.

（质量等）低劣的；下级的，下等的；（位置在）下面的；[植]下位的

n.

部下，下属；次品；晚辈；[印]下角码

变形

复数：inferiors

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 低等的,下级的 lower in position
2. 劣等的,次的 not good or less good in quality or value

n.(名词)

1. [C]部下,下属; 劣等人〔物〕 a person of lower rank, especially in a job

英英释义

inferior[ in'fiəriə ]

• n.
  • 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

• adj.
  • of or characteristic of low rank or importance
  • of low or inferior quality
  • inferior in rank or status

    同义词：junior-gradelower-rankinglowlypetty(a)secondarysubalternsubordinate

  • 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

    "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"

  • lower than a given reference point

    "inferior alveolar artery"

  • falling short of some prescribed norm

    同义词：deficientsubstandard

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• inferior court初级法庭
• inferior limit下限
• inferior officer下级军官

～+介词

• inferior by comparison相形见绌
• inferior in在…方面低下的
• inferior to低于,劣于

词组短语

inferior quality低质量；次质量

inferior in在…方面低劣

inferior vena cava下腔静脉

inferior products劣质产品

inferior coal劣质煤

同近义词辨析

minor, inferior, secondary, subordinate

这组词都有“次等”的意思，其区别是：

minora较少的，较小的，较次要的，常含有轻微的但并非不重要的意思。

We agreed on everything in the contract, even minor points.我们对合同中的一切问题，甚至是细枝末节都达成了一致。

inferiora.次等的，较劣的，差的，当"下级"讲时，强调职位的高低；当"次等"讲时，指素质、质量等的低劣。

Most wine from Switzerland is inferior to wine from France.产于瑞士的葡萄酒多数要比法国的差。

secondarya.第二等的，次要的，强调在重要性或顺序上处于第二位。

My job is of secondary importance to my health.我的工作比起身体来说不那么重要。

subordinatea.次要的，从属的，下级的，强调主次地位或支配和隶属的关系。

He was always friendly to his subordinate officers.她对下级官员一向和蔼可亲。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. These people occupy an inferior position in local society.
   这些人在当地社会居于下等地位。
2. Captain is an inferior rank to major.
   上尉是低于少校的一个官阶
3. A cheaper camera is not always inferior to a more expensive one.
   廉价照相机的质量并总不比昂贵的差。
4. They never sell inferior goods.
   他们从不销售次货。
5. Woman is inferior to man in strength.
   女人力量不及男人。
6. He's so clever, he makes me feel inferior.
   他那么聪明，让我自愧不如。

用作名词(n.)

1. A gentleman should always be civil, even to his inferiors.
   有教养的人应该一直很有礼貌，甚至对待下属也一样。
2. She liked to pull her rank on her inferior.
   她喜欢对其下属摆威风、耍架子。

权威例句

Functional organization of inferior area 6 in the macaque monkey
Role of left inferior prefrontal cortex in retrieval of semantic knowledge: a reevaluation.
Inferior Capsular Shift for Involuntary Inferior and Multidirectional Instability of the Shoulder. A Preliminary Report
Common inhibitory mechanism in human inferior prefrontal cortex revealed by event-related functional MRI.
Electrophysiology of mammalian inferior olivary neurones in vitro. Different types of voltage‐dependent ionic conductances
Perseverative interference in monkeys following selective lesions of the inferior prefrontal convexity.
Semantic encoding and retrieval in the left inferior prefrontal cortex: a functional MRI study of task difficulty and process specif...
Functional specialization for semantic and phonological processing in the left inferior prefrontal cortex.
Choosing between small, likely rewards and large, unlikely rewards activates inferior and orbital prefrontal cortex
Right ventricular infarction as an independent predictor of prognosis after acute inferior myocardial infarction