英语词汇“imperfect”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

imperfectadjective

uk/ɪmˈpɜː.fekt/us/ɪmˈpɝː.fekt/

imperfect adjective (NOT PERFECT)

C1 damaged, containing problems, or not having something:

We're living in an imperfect world.

I explained as well as I was able, given my own imperfect understanding of the situation.

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Faults and mistakes

a blot on sb's character idiom
aberration
Achilles heel
adrift
black mark
chink
clinker
errata
erratum
error
failing
false alarm
false move
irregularity
lapse
loophole
misprint
misspell
mistake
solecism

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Incomplete

imperfect adjective (GRAMMAR)

specialized language The imperfect form of a verb describes an action in the past that was continuous or was not completed:

In the sentence "He was hit by a car as he was crossing the road", the verb "cross" is in the imperfect form.

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First, our French teacher showed us how to put the verb 'fermer' into the imperfect tense.
'When I came in Jack was reading his book' is a sentence that uses the imperfect, i.e. 'was reading' .

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Linguistics: grammatical terms

ablative
apposition
attributive
collocate
comparative
declension
decline
dependent clause
double negative
grammar
grammarian
grammatical
independent clause
indirect object
inflect
interrogative
modifier
plurality
reflexive
superlative

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imperfectly

adverb uk/ɪmˈpɜː.fekt.li/us/ɪmˈpɝː.fekt.li/

imperfectnoun [ S ]

uk/ɪmˈpɜː.fekt/us/ɪmˈpɝː.fekt/

the imperfect specialized

in some languages, the form of a verb that is used for an action that has not been completed in the past, used, for example, to refer to an action that was happening when it was suddenly interrupted, or to describe an existing situation at the beginning of a story:

In the sentence "He was hit by a car as he was crossing the road", the verb "cross" is in the imperfect.

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Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs

accusative
arose
art
aspect
began
bent
ditransitive
historic present
linking verb
main verb
passivize
past participle
predicate
progressive
the future perfect
the pluperfect
the present simple
the third person
transitive
wast

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单词	imperfect
释义	Contents adjective (2) imperfect (NOT PERFECT) imperfect (GRAMMAR) noun (1) imperfect (1) more…(1) imperfectly Contents adjective (1) imperfect (1) more…(1) imperfection English American Business imperfectadjective uk/ɪmˈpɜː.fekt/us/ɪmˈpɝː.fekt/ imperfect adjective (NOT PERFECT) C1 damaged, containing problems, or not having something: We're living in an imperfect world. I explained as well as I was able, given my own imperfect understanding of the situation. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Faults and mistakes *a blot on sb's* character idiom aberration Achilles heel adrift black mark chink clinker errata erratum error failing false alarm false move irregularity lapse loophole misprint misspell mistake solecism See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Incomplete imperfect adjective (GRAMMAR) specialized language The imperfect form of a verb describes an action in the past that was continuous or was not completed: In the sentence "He was hit by a car as he was crossing the road", the verb "cross" is in the imperfect form. More examples First, our French teacher showed us how to put the verb 'fermer' into the imperfect tense. 'When I came in Jack was reading his book' is a sentence that uses the imperfect, i.e. 'was reading' . Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Linguistics: grammatical terms ablative apposition attributive collocate comparative declension decline dependent clause double negative grammar grammarian grammatical independent clause indirect object inflect interrogative modifier plurality reflexive superlative See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs imperfectly adverb uk/ɪmˈpɜː.fekt.li/us/ɪmˈpɝː.fekt.li/ imperfectnoun [ S ] uk/ɪmˈpɜː.fekt/us/ɪmˈpɝː.fekt/ the imperfect specialized in some languages, the form of a verb that is used for an action that has not been completed in the past, used, for example, to refer to an action that was happening when it was suddenly interrupted, or to describe an existing situation at the beginning of a story: In the sentence "He was hit by a car as he was crossing the road", the verb "cross" is in the imperfect. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs accusative arose art aspect began bent ditransitive historic present linking verb main verb passivize past participle predicate progressive the future perfect the pluperfect the present simple the third person transitive wast See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Linguistics: grammatical terms imperfectadjective us/ɪmˈpɜr·fɪkt/ not perfect or not complete: Our rule of law is still imperfect, but it’s better than having no laws at all. imperfection noun [ C/U ] us/ˌɪm·pərˈfek·ʃən/ [ C ] Investigators suspect the engine broke because of a tiny imperfection in one of the parts. imperfectadjective uk/ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt/us PRODUCTION damaged or not made correctly:** Yolk products are made from the cracked, deformed, or otherwise imperfect eggs that don't make it past quality-control standards.
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