imperfect  /ɪmp'ɚfɪkt/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  imperfect
  (a.)有缺點的,半完成的,減弱的,未完成過去時的未完成體

資料來源(2): Network Terminology [netterm]

  imperfect
  不完全 不良

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Preterimperfect \Pre`ter*im*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- +
     imperfect.] (Gram.)
     Old name of the tense also called {imperfect}.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
     perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
     {Perfect}.]
     1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
        part; deective; deficient.
  
              Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
  
              Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
  
     2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
        successful or normal activity.
  
              He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
              imperfect person.                     --Jer. Taylor.
  
     3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
        conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
        or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
  
              Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he
              created.                              --Milton.
  
              Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say
              rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
  
     {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
        arch.
  
     {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
        but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
        complete rest; a half close.
  
     {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and
        sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
        fifth and forth.
  
     {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
        pistils. --Gray.
  
     {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than
        perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
  
     {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less
        than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
        it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an
        {abundant number}.
  
     {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or
        gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
  
     {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced
        by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
        factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
        9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
  
     {Imperfect tense}
        (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete
               action.

資料來源(5): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, n. (Gram.)
     The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the
     imperfect tense.

資料來源(6): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, v. t.
     To make imperfect. [Obs.]

資料來源(7): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  imperfect
       adj 1: not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect
              understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect
              mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" [ant: {perfect}]
       2: having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine
          beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity" [syn: {fallible},
           {frail}, {weak}]
       n : a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
           [syn: {progressive}, {progressive tense}, {imperfect
           tense}, {continuous tense}]