| 单词 | imperfect |
| 释义 | imperfect (once / 394 pages) 1adj 2n Something imperfect has flaws, errors, or problems. Imperfect is the opposite of perfect. Imperfect comes from the Latin word imperfectus, meaning “incomplete." If you have an imperfect knowledge of French, you might be able to order a coffee in Paris but not chat with the waiter. Something imperfect is unfinished or damaged in some way. Scuffed silver shoes are imperfect. A great baseball player who makes one error is imperfect. Getting 100 on a test is perfect, but getting a 98 is imperfect. If it’s lacking something, it’s imperfect. WORD FAMILYimperfect: imperfectly, imperfectness, imperfects+/imperfectible: imperfectibility/imperfection: imperfections/perfect: imperfect, perfected, perfectedly, perfecter, perfectest, perfectible, perfecting, perfection, perfective, perfectly, perfects/perfecter: perfecters/perfectible: imperfectible, perfectibility/perfection: imperfection, perfectionism, perfections/perfectionism: perfectionist/perfectionist: perfectionists/perfective: imperfective USAGE EXAMPLESShe and her mother were both clever, heads-held-high victims of those laughably imperfect men. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) It’s a disconcerting moment even within a film grounded in the imperfect logic of memory. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) We are imperfect human beings and we all hurt others, just as we are hurt by them. Time(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1adj not perfect; defective or inadequate had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities imperfect mortals drainage here is imperfect Syn|Ant blemished marred by imperfections brokenphysically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split blemished, flawedhaving a blemish or flaw brokenimperfectly spoken or written corrupt, corruptedcontaining errors or alterations defective, faultyhaving a defect imperfectiblecapable of being made imperfect irregularfalling below the manufacturer's standard perfect being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish unblemished, unmarred, unmutilatedfree from physical or moral spots or stains unbrokennot broken; whole and intact; in one piece exactmarked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact clean(of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense clearfree from flaw or blemish or impurity coldmarked by errorless familiarity complete, consummateperfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities down, down pat, masteredunderstood perfectly errorlessfree from error faultless, immaculate, impeccablewithout fault or error flawless, unflawedwithout a flaw idealconforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal idealised, idealizedexalted to an ideal perfection or excellence idyllicexcellent and delightful in all respects mintas if new perfectiblecapable of becoming or being made perfect pluperfectmore than perfect uncorrupted, undefiled(of language) not having its purity or excellence debased utopiancharacterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection 2adj wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings 2Syn fallible, frail, weak human having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings n a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going Syn|Hypo|Hyper continuous tense, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense present progressive, present progressive tense a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance past progressive, past progressive tensea progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past future progressive, future progressive tensea progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future tense a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time |
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