1 ADJ-GRADED (质量等)差的,次的 Something that is inferior is not as good as something else. (质量等)差的,次的
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The cassettes were of inferior quality.
那些磁带质量较差。
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This resulted in overpriced and often inferior products.
这就导致了标价过高而往往质量低劣的产品的出现。
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If children were made to feel inferior to other children their confidence declined. [+ to]
如果让孩子感觉他们不如其他孩子,他们的信心就会减弱。
SYN substandard, bad, poor, mean
2 ADJ-GRADED (地位、能力等)低等的,低于…的;下级的 If one person is regarded as inferior to another, they are regarded as less important because they have less status or ability. (地位、能力等)低等的,低于…的;下级的
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He preferred the company of those who were intellectually inferior to himself. [+ to]
他喜欢与那些智力水平不如他的人共处。
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...the inferior status of women in pre-revolutionary Russia.
革命之前俄国妇女的低微地位
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Most career women make me feel inferior.
大部分职业女性让我感到自己不如她们。
SYN lower, junior, minor, secondary
Quotations
No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent Eleanor Roosevelt
| Thesaurus | inferior Also look up: |
| ADJ. | mediocre, second-rate, substandard 1 |
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