Inferior
[ɪn'fɪərɪə] or [ɪn'fɪrɪɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) one of lesser rank or station or quality.
(adj.) of or characteristic of low rank or importance .
(adj.) of low or inferior quality .
(adj.) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; 'Mercury and Venus are inferior planets' .
(adj.) lower than a given reference point; 'inferior alveolar artery' .
弗雷迪手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
(a.) Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
(a.) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
(a.) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
(a.) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
(a.) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
(a.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
(n.) A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.
整理:尼古拉斯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Lower.[2]. Subordinate, secondary.[3]. Poor, indifferent.
錄入:万斯
解釋/意思:
adj. lower in any respect: subordinate: secondary.—n. one lower in rank or station: one younger than another.—n. Inferior′ity the state of being inferior: a lower position in any respect.—adv. Infē′riorly in an inferior manner.
布赖恩特編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- I should like to know in what I'm your inferior? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- In the inferior employments, the sweets of labour consist altogether in the recompence of labour. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Although the beak is thus very inferior as a sifter to that of a shoveller, yet this bird, as every one knows, constantly uses it for this purpose. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The inferior ranks of people must, in that country, suffer patiently the usage which their superiors think proper to give them. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But this complement may be much inferior to what, with other laws and institutions, the nature of its soil, climate, and situation, might admit of. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The judgment of a fool is the judgment of another person, as well as that of a wise man, and is only inferior in its influence on our own judgment. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- If the stamp is of an inferior price to what the testator ought to have made use of, his succession is confiscated. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Every particle of air, therefore, will bear any load inferior to the force of these repulsions. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The high price of such commodities does not necessarily diminish the ability of the inferior ranks of people to bring up families. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He smelt it--tasted it--smiled benignantly--then said: It is inferior--for coffee--but it is pretty fair tea. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- My pride rose against this barefaced way of pointing out the contrast my married life was to present to my then dependent and inferior position. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Miss Ingram was a mark beneath jealousy: she was too inferior to excite the feeling. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- She loves him--not with inferior feelings. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The same may be said of the passionate element:--the desires of the ambitious soul, as well as of the covetous, have an inferior satisfaction. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Then would the inferior Barnacles exclaim, obeying orders, 'Hear, Hear, Hear! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I am not ignorant that old Mr. Ablewhite has the reputation generally (especially among his inferiors) of being a remarkably good-natured man. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- They hated their inferiors' humility or gratitude or awkwardness. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She had so many half inferiors, whom she tolerated with perfect good-humour. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I ventured to say, My lady, we must all remember not to be hasty in our judgments on our inferiors--especially when they come from foreign parts. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The pride of man makes him love to domineer, and nothing mortifies him so much as to be obliged to condescend to persuade his inferiors. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- A man of property owes a duty to other men of property, and must look sharp after his inferiors. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- You find it easy to speak comfortably to your inferiors; you are too haughty, too ambitious, too jealous to be civil to those above you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Then they moved off, as if they had been dismissed like inferiors. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Shall the daughter of the noble, though prodigal Zaimi, appear a beggar before her compeers or inferiors--superiors she had none. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
手打:丽贝卡