Word · Frequency #5966
inferior
下属；下级
A person who is lower in rank, status, or ability than another.
- 1.
A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another.
地位、身份或能力较低的人
- 2.
one of lesser rank or station or quality
地位、等级或质量较低的人
- 3.
An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.
下标字母、数字或符号
- 4.
a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
位于另一个字符下方或稍偏下侧的字符或符号
下标；下角标；地位、身份或能力较低的人；地位、等级或质量较低的人；下标字母、数字或符号；位于另一个字符下方或稍偏下侧的字符或符号
In use
He treated his inferiors with respect.
In the army, a private is considered an inferior to a sergeant.
The chemical formula H2O uses an inferior for the number 2.
Connections
Collocations
- social inferior
- 社会地位低下的人
- He always treats his social inferiors with contempt.他总是以轻蔑的态度对待社会地位低于他的人。
- moral inferior
- 道德低下的人
- She considered him a moral inferior for his dishonesty.她认为他因不诚实而道德低下。
- intellectual inferior
- 智力较低的人
- He felt like an intellectual inferior among the professors.在教授们中间，他感觉自己智力低下。
Synonyms
Antonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
inferior以in开头，联想“在下”，与superior（在上）相反。
Context & Register
作为名词，inferior 有两个主要用法：1. 指地位或能力较低的人，常用于正式书面语，如社会等级、职场等场景；2. 指下标字符，常见于印刷、数学、化学等专业技术领域。整体语域偏正式或专业。
Grammar Note
可数名词，指地位较低的人或下标符号。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ior: superior and interior rhyme with inferior (same stressed vowel /ɪ/ and ending /riɚ/). Warrior has a similar ending but different stress. Junior and senior are pronounced with /jɚ/ (like 'yər'), and prior has /aɪɚ/. Be careful not to confuse spelling with pronunciation.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.