| 单词 | inferiority |
| 释义 | inferiority (once / 1918 pages) n Inferiority is the quality of being worse than other things or people. You know how some movies are terrible — inferior — compared to other movies? You've noticed the inferiority of those films. Inferiority is a quality possessed by people and things that are not as good as others. To a king, the common people are defined by their inferiority. Most people agree on the inferiority of a TV dinner to a home-cooked meal. When someone feels like they are always worse off than others, they have an inferiority complex. Inferiority is the opposite of superiority. WORD FAMILYinferiority: inferiorities+/inferior: inferiority, inferiorly, inferiors USAGE EXAMPLESThe attackers’ manifest inferiority to Jones et al in terms of intelligence or comedy was of no account. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) We learned of local foods, leaping salmon, signature restaurants, street-food battles, even Seattle’s inferiority complex — they’ve all been here before, though sometimes in different forms. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) No matter how limitless the production budget, such an approach would have only thrown into relief the theater’s technological inferiority. Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2016) 1n the state of being inferior Syn|Hypo|Hyper lower rank, lower status backseat a secondary or inferior position or status shadea position of relative inferiority subordinateness, subsidiaritysecondary importance handmaid, handmaiden, servantin a subordinate position junior statusin a junior position subservience, subservientnessin a subservient state low status, lowliness, lowness a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation 2n an inferior quality Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper low quality high quality, superiority the quality of being superior poorness the quality of being poorly made or maintained scrawniness, scrubbinessthe property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality second classnot the highest quality in a classification wretchednessthe quality of being poor and inferior and sorry caliber, calibre, quality a degree or grade of excellence or worth 3n the quality of being a competitive disadvantage Syn|Hyper unfavorable position disadvantage the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position |
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