inferior

【发音】

美 /ɪn'fɪrɪɚ/ 英 /ɪn'fɪərɪə/

【翻译】

1. n.下级；晚辈；次品

   英释:someone who has a lower position or rank than you in an organization

【记忆】

infer(推断) ＋ ior → 推断的东西是次要的， 事实才是依据 → 下等的

【短语】

1. inferior quality : 低质量；次质量

2. inferior in : 在…方面低劣

3. inferior vena cava : 下腔静脉

4. inferior products : 劣质产品

5. inferior coal : 劣质煤

【例句】

1. It was a gentleman's duty always to be civil, even to his inferiors.

   一个绅士的责任是一直保持彬彬有礼，即使是对比自己地位低的人。

【真题例句】

1. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...we decide whether we are superior or inferior to others on certain dimensions...

2. (2008.12 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...We are not about to go back to the days when Congress openly worried about inferior races polluting America’s bloodstream...

3. (2008.12 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...Romanians and members of other so-called inferior races became exemplary Americans and contributed greatly...

【同、近义词】

1. adj.差的；自卑的；[植]下级的，下等的

   junior/lower/

2. n.下级；次品

   lessness/subordinate/

【同根词】

1. n

   inferiority : 自卑；下属；次等；下部