剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - inferior collapse

inferior
[UK]/ɪn'fɪə.ri.ər/ [US]/-'fɪr.i.ɚ/
adjective
* not good, or not as good as someone or something else
差的；比…次的

1. These products are inferior to those we bought last year.
这些产品比我们去年买的差些。

2. She cited cases in which women had received inferior health care.
她引用了一些妇女得到低劣保健服务的事例。

3. It was clear the group were regarded as intellectually/morally/socially inferior.
很明显的是，这个群体被认为在智力／道德水准／社会地位上很低下。
Compare superior
specialized
* lower, or of lower rank
低级别的，下级的

1. an inferior officer
下级官员
Compare superior

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - inferior collapse

inferior ★★☆☆☆
1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词(质量等)差的,次的 Something that is inferior is not as good as something else.

【搭配模式】：oft ADJ to n

  • The cassettes were of inferior quality...

    那些磁带质量较差。

  • 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。

  • If children were made to feel inferior to other children their confidence declined.

    如果让孩子感觉他们不如其他孩子,他们的信心就会减弱。

2.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词(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.

【搭配模式】：oft ADJ to n

  • He preferred the company of those who were intellectually inferior to himself.

    他喜欢与那些智力水平不如他的人共处。

  • ...the inferior status of women in pre-revolutionary Russia...

    革命之前俄国妇女的低微地位

  • Most career women make me feel inferior.

    大部分职业女性让我感到自己不如她们。

  • Inferior is also a noun.

    • A gentleman should always be civil, even to his inferiors.

      绅士应该总是彬彬有礼,即便是对地位不及自己者。

inferiority

  • I found it difficult to shake off a sense of social inferiority.

    我发现很难摆脱社交自卑感。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - inferior collapse

inferior
in·fer·ior / in5fiEriE(r); NAmE -5fir- / adjective1. ~ (to sb / sth) not good or not as good as sb / sth else
   较差的；次的；比不上…的:
   of inferior quality
   劣质的
   inferior goods
   劣质商品
   to make sb feel inferior
   使某人自惭形秽
   Modern music is often considered inferior to that of the past.
   现代音乐常被认为不如过去的。
2. [usually before noun] (formal) of lower rank; lower
   级别低的；较低的:
   an inferior officer
   下级军官
   OPP  superior noun   a person who is not as good as sb else; a person who is lower in rank or status
   不如别人的人；级别(或地位)低的人

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - inferior collapse

inferior

I. noun

• ADJECTIVE intellectual, social

• VERB + INFERIOR consider sb She considered everyone her intellectual ~.

II. adj.

• VERBS be, feel, seem Her obvious popularity made me feel ~. | consider sb/sth, regard sb/sth as, see sb/sth as He regarded women as ~.

• ADVERB decidedly, greatly (esp. BrE), markedly, significantly, vastly, very | slightly, somewhat | inherently | intellectually, morally, socially, technically

• PREPOSITION in These later paintings are slightly ~ in value. | to His later work was vastly ~ to his early work.

Inferior is used with these nouns: position, quality, rank, status, tribunal

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - inferior collapse

inferior adj.
⇨ poor 2

新牛津英语同义词词典 - inferior collapse

inferior

adjective
1 they are regarded as inferior by other staff
LOWER IN STATUS , lesser, second-class, second-fiddle, minor, subservient, lowly, humble, menial, not very important, not so important, below someone, beneath someone, under someone's heel; lower-ranking, lower in rank, subordinate, junior, secondary, subsidiary, ancillary.
-opposite(s): SUPERIOR ; SENIOR.

2 I had to put up with inferior accommodation
SECOND-RATE , substandard, low-quality, low-grade, downmarket, indifferent, mediocre, unsatisfactory, shoddy, shabby, deficient, flawed, imperfect, unsound; poor, bad, awful, dreadful, disagreeable, deplorable, wretched, leaving much to be desired; informal grotty, crummy, dire, rotten, lousy, poxy, third-rate, god-awful, not up to much, not up to snuff, the pits; Brit. informal duff, rubbish, ropy.
-opposite(s): FIRST-RATE, HIGH QUALITY.

noun
how dare she treat him as an inferior?
SUBORDINATE , junior, underling, minion, menial.
-opposite(s): SUPERIOR.

Collins COBUILD English Usage - inferior collapse

inferior

If one thing is inferior to another, it is of poorer quality than the other thing.

    His photographs were inferior to those taken by Ernie.

    Their air combat skills were inferior to those of our pilots.

Note that you do not use any preposition except `to' after inferior.

词源记忆 - inferior collapse

inferior 低等的
来自拉丁语infra, 在下面的，低的，词源同nether, -ior, 比较级后缀。即更下的，更低的，引申词义低等的。