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单词 inferior
释义
inferior1 adjectiveinferior2 noun
inferiorin‧fe‧ri‧or1 /ɪnˈfɪəriə $ -ˈfɪriər/ ●●○ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINinferior1
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin ‘lower’, from inferus ‘below’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • inferior health-care facilities
  • California oil is a heavier and inferior grade of oil, compared with other crude oils.
  • Consumers are tired of paying a high price for what is an increasingly inferior service.
  • Consumers buy foreign goods because they believe that British made goods are inferior.
  • I want the best -- I don't want some inferior model that's going to break down the first time I use it.
  • Old Mr Carter was convinced that women doctors were inferior to men.
  • Shockingly, they still perceive women as inferior.
  • Their furniture is certainly cheaper, but it's of inferior quality.
  • White bread is generally inferior in nutritional value.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And far inferior is mere action to action performed with this evenness of mind.
  • But also added that he easily became impatient with any intellect inferior to his own.
  • Does this imply that inferior performance can be expected in these structures?
  • Leiser discovered, however, that because the embassy had an inferior instrument, the pianist practiced at the local conservatory.
  • The idea that acts of love are inferior to principled acts is a deep-rooted philosophical tradition.
  • The plan was a daring one, for it would leave an inferior force in the Richmond defenses.
  • What Engels stresses is that women were not inferior.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
more unpleasant, bad, severe etc, or of a lower standard or quality: · Recent reports indicate that the situation is getting worse.· Your French is even worse than mine!
of a lower standard or quality than something else, or less good than someone else: · Their wines are of inferior quality.· an inferior product· Trying to do things on the cheap only results in an inferior service.
used to emphasize that someone or something is not nearly as good, big, or nice as someone or something else: · This recording just doesn’t compare with his early recordings.· Our sales this year do not compare with last year’s outstanding results.
informal used to emphasize that the standard of someone or something is not nearly as good as someone or something else: · He’s pretty good, but he’s not in the same league as his brother.
British English informal use this to emphasize that something is not nearly as good as something else, especially something that came before it: · The film wasn’t a patch on the book.· He’s not a patch on Tarantino as a director.
Longman Language Activatorproducts that are badly made or of bad quality
poor quality products have been made badly: · Poor quality housing often leads to health problems.be of poor quality: · Investigators believe the bridge collapsed because the concrete was of poor quality.
low-quality products have been made badly: · It's not worth building with low-quality materials just to save money.· The company wants to change its image as a producer of low-cost, low-quality clothes.
made without care or skill: · Her clothes looked cheap and badly made.
cheap furniture, jewellery, clothes etc look unattractive and badly made, and seem to have been produced using low quality materials: · The room was depressing, with dim light and cheap furniture.· Hungry-looking men in cheap suits hung around the streets all day.
badly and cheaply made, using low quality materials: · You have a right to return any shoddy goods you might buy.shoddily made: · Police officials blamed the deaths on the shoddily made apartment building.
inferior products are not as good as other similar ones because they have been cheaply and badly made: · Consumers buy foreign goods because they believe that British-made goods are inferior.· I want the best -- I don't want some inferior model that's going to break down the first time I use it.
worse
more unpleasant, annoying, bad etc, or of a lower standard or quality than someone or something else that is also bad: · I really don't think the situation could be any worse.worse than: · Conditions in the prison were worse than anything I had seen before.· Stop it Gary, you're worse than the kids!even/far worse (=worse than something that is very bad): · Duncan's handwriting is even worse than his sister's.· a terrible script and even worse actinga lot worse/much worse: · The traffic is a lot worse after five o'clock.· The next morning, the weather was much worse, and the team stayed at base camp.make something worse: · I tried to fix the computer myself, but that just made it worse.
of a lower standard, quality, or level than something else that is good: · I like this town better than Harrisburg, but the schools aren't as good.not as good as: · This book is not as good as her last one.· The fishing out there isn't as good as it used to be.not nearly as good as/nowhere near as good as (=use to emphasize that the difference in quality is quite big): · Their latest album isn't nearly as good as their last one.· Cheap, plastic-wrapped cheese is nowhere near as good as the real thing.
formal of a lower quality than something else, or less good at doing something than someone else: · Consumers are tired of paying a high price for what is an increasingly inferior service.· California oil is a heavier and inferior grade of oil, compared with other crude oils. inferior to: · Old Mr Carter was convinced that women doctors were inferior to men.inferior in quality/status/worth etc: · White bread is generally inferior in nutritional value.of inferior quality/materials/status etc: · Their furniture is certainly cheaper, but it's of inferior quality.
especially spoken use this to emphasize that someone or something is not nearly as good as someone or something else: · How can you compare him to Ivan Lendl? He's not in the same league at all.· Vinyl is strong and looks good but it doesn't compare with real leather.not be in the same league as: · It's quite a good movie but not in the same league as 'High Noon' or 'The Magnificent Seven'
British informal use this to emphasize that something is not nearly as good as something else, especially something that came before it: · Shop-bought pasta sauces aren't a patch on home-made.· This year's charity marathon wasn't a patch on last year's.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2adverbs
· Iron is greatly inferior to steel in many ways.
(=greatly inferior)· He easily defeated a far inferior opponent.
(=by quite a large amount)· They have the same number of points as the league leaders, but a considerably inferior goal difference.
(=by a very great amount)· The quality of service was vastly inferior in that other restaurant.
(also somewhat inferior formal)· I always felt slightly inferior to her.
(=in a way that is easy to notice)· Our equipment was markedly inferior to that of the enemy forces.
· She felt socially inferior to her husband's wealthy friends.
· Non-believers were considered morally inferior by people who adopted the new religion.
· Students from working-class families were made to feel intellectually inferior.
(=inferior as part of its nature or character)· Recorded music is intrinsically inferior to the real thing.
verbs
· Women are made to feel inferior by men's violence towards them.
· The poor are considered inferior by some people.
nouns
· The poor soil produces wine of inferior quality.
· He argued that capitalism requires some people to be kept in an inferior position in society.
formal (=an inferior position)· As a slave, he was aware of his inferior status.
· He wrote a letter to complain about inferior service at the hotel.
· The public are being deceived into buying inferior goods.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· In parts of the world, women still have inferior status.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Jufti knot Vastly inferior knot produced by tying the pile yarn around four or more warp strands, rather than the customary two.· We find him in a disgusting attitude of respect towards predecessors whose intellect is vastly inferior to his own.
NOUN
· Therefore, a tribunal or inferior court acts ultravires if it reaches its conclusion on a basis erroneous under the general law.· The dotted line in each diagram separates the superior courts from the inferior courts.· A barrister may appear in any court, whereas a solicitor's rights of audience are currently limited to the inferior courts.· The inferior courts Those courts which do not form part of the Supreme Court of Judicature are collectively known as inferior courts.· Traditionally they were applied to judicial decisions taken by inferior courts and tribunals.· Secondly, inferior courts were however subject to a different test.· It would depend upon the construction of the statute whether Parliament intended questions of law to be left to an inferior court.
· In more individual sports, such as tennis and golf, professionals hold respected but wholly separate, socially inferior positions.· Enduring procreative love becomes difficult, because it places the man in an impossibly inferior position.· Timman blundered in a slightly inferior position and lost material.· The suggestion is in fact a good symbolization of the inferior position of women.
· Non-genuine parts may look the same, but they can cause problems of poor fit, inferior quality and limited durability.· Apart from being almost impossible to cut, second hand shop windows are usually of inferior quality.· He says it could mean treatment is of an inferior quality in hospitals outside the county.· Finally a heavy press crushes out the remainder of the must, but this is of an inferior quality.· The shortage never materialised and the champagne was found to be of an inferior quality.
· Both were heavy red-wine drinkers, always bloated, and each jealously guarded his own inferior status.· The secrecy which, in my adolescence, surrounded menstruation was an indication of the inferior status of women in that society.· Gandhi rejects outright claims made concerning the superior or inferior status of religions.· The narrow door, beyond Upwood's, proclaimed its inferior status with no name at all.· He is also becoming more impatient with his traditionally inferior status.
1not good, or not as good as someone or something else OPP  superior:  I felt very inferior among all those academics. wine of inferior quality inferior goodsinferior to I always felt slightly inferior to her. Their performance was inferior to that of other teams.2formal lower in rank OPP  superior:  an inferior court of law He refused to accept a job of inferior status.COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2adverbsgreatly inferior· Iron is greatly inferior to steel in many ways.far inferior (=greatly inferior)· He easily defeated a far inferior opponent.considerably inferior (=by quite a large amount)· They have the same number of points as the league leaders, but a considerably inferior goal difference.vastly/grossly inferior (=by a very great amount)· The quality of service was vastly inferior in that other restaurant.slightly inferior (also somewhat inferior formal)· I always felt slightly inferior to her.markedly inferior (=in a way that is easy to notice)· Our equipment was markedly inferior to that of the enemy forces.socially inferior· She felt socially inferior to her husband's wealthy friends.morally inferior· Non-believers were considered morally inferior by people who adopted the new religion.intellectually inferior· Students from working-class families were made to feel intellectually inferior.intrinsically inferior (=inferior as part of its nature or character)· Recorded music is intrinsically inferior to the real thing.verbsfeel inferior· Women are made to feel inferior by men's violence towards them.consider somebody/something inferior· The poor are considered inferior by some people.nounsinferior quality· The poor soil produces wine of inferior quality.an inferior position· He argued that capitalism requires some people to be kept in an inferior position in society.inferior status formal (=an inferior position)· As a slave, he was aware of his inferior status.inferior service· He wrote a letter to complain about inferior service at the hotel.inferior goods/products· The public are being deceived into buying inferior goods.
inferior1 adjectiveinferior2 noun
inferiorinferior2 noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But people decided it was only inferiors who ate alpaca meat.
  • It constitutes a gesture of respect not to make social inferiors conscious of their inferiority.
  • It hides from the inferiors the sources of domination and the process by which this has come about.
  • One is killed, or lives as a cringing inferior who may never have cubs of her own.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· In parts of the world, women still have inferior status.
 someone who has a lower position or rank than you in an organization OPP  superior
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