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inferior

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adj.下等的,下级的,差的,次的,自卑的,劣等的

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inferior为短语/超纲词汇

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名词:inferiority

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-ior 这是拉丁文中用来表示比较级的字尾

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/ɪn'fɪərɪə(r); ɪn`fɪrɪɚ/
adj ~ (to sb/sth) low(er) in rank, social position, importance, quality, etc (等级、社会地位、重要性、质量等)(较)低的, 次要的, 低等的, 差的
*A captain is inferior to a major. 上尉的级别低于少校.
* be socially inferior 社会地位低下
* make sbfeel inferior 使某人自惭形秽
* inferior goods, workmanship次货、劣等手艺. Cf 参看 superior.

n person who is inferior (in rank, etc) (级别等)低于他人者; 下级; 下属
*one's social inferior 社会地位不如自己的人
* We should not despise our intellectual inferiors. 我们不应轻视智力不如我们的人.
1. While we differ in many ways, such differences are neither superior nor inferior to each other.
    尽管我们在许多方面存在差异,但这些差异并无优劣之分。

2. To be a surgeon was looked on as so inferior that many operations were carried out by barbers, with hardly any training at all.
    当时外科医生的社会地位十分低下,因而很多手术都是那些几乎没有经过任何训练的剃头匠做的。

3. A captain is inferior to a major.
    上尉的级别低於少校.

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