| 单词 | imperfect |
| 释义 | imperfect adj. & n. --adj 1. not fully formed or done; faulty, incomplete. 2. Gram. (of a tense) denoting a (usu. past) action in progress but not completed at the time in question (e.g. they were singing). 3. Mus. (of a cadence) ending on the dominant chord. --n the imperfect tense. Phrases and idioms imperfect rhyme Prosody a rhyme that only partly satisfies the usual criteria (e.g. love and move). Derivatives imperfectly adv. Etymology: ME imparfit etc. f. OF imparfait f. L imperfectus (as IN-(1), PERFECT) |
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