inferiority

英 [ɪnˌfɪəriˈɒrəti]

美 [ɪnˌfɪriˈɔːrəti]

n.  低等; 劣等; 劣势

复数：inferiorities　

CET6TOEFL医学

BNC.15273 / COCA.15138

牛津词典

noun

• 低等；劣等；劣势
  the state of not being as good as sb/sth else
  1. a sense of inferiority
     自卑感
  2. social inferiority
     社会地位低下

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (质量等)差的,次的
  Something that isinferioris not as good as something else.
  1. The cassettes were of inferior quality...
     那些磁带质量较差。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED (地位、能力等)低等的,低于…的;下级的
  If one person is regarded asinferior toanother, they are regarded as less important because they have less status or ability.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the inferior status of women in pre-revolutionary Russia...
     革命之前俄国妇女的低微地位
  3. Most career women make me feel inferior.
     大部分职业女性让我感到自己不如她们。
  4. Inferioris also a noun.
     
  5. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an inferior quality
  Synonym:low quality
• the quality of being a competitive disadvantage
  Synonym:unfavorable position
• the state of being inferior
  Synonym:lower statuslower rank

双语例句

• The enemy forces were reduced to absolute inferiority.
  敌军已处于绝对劣势。
• Living on the impossible leads to absence of inferiority.
  生活中没有自卑是不可能的。
• For some, it also represents ridicule for ineptitude, feelings of inferiority and a sense of inadequacy.
  而在某些方面，它也代表着对于不称职、自卑感以及某种不充分感的嘲笑。
• Such is the interrelation between initiative and passivity, between superiority and inferiority.
  这就是主动和被动之间、优势和劣势之间的相互关系。
• He's got an inferiority complex about not having been to college.
  因没考上大学，他有一种自卑感。
• , ought to analyse preponderance and inferiority, opportunity and challenge of human geography development.
  应当从优势与劣势、机遇与挑战等角度，分析人文地理学发展的形势。
• Some of them developed a great inferiority complex.
  他们有些人养成了严重的自卑感。
• Allowing yourself to be betrayed proves your inferiority.
  承认你们是被出卖的证明了你的次等。
• Jack: My shrink just told me I do not have an inferiority complex.
  我的心理医生刚对我说我没有自卑情结。
• I do not understand this inferiority complex.
  我还不信克服不了自卑了。