inferior  /ɪnf'ɪriɚ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  inferior
  (a.)次等的,較低的,下方的,下級的低下的人,次品,下附文字

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is
     below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F.
     inf['e]rieur. See {Under}.]
     1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or
        valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
  
              A thousand inferior and particular propositions.
                                                    --I. Watts.
  
              The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior
              nature.                               --Burke.
  
              Whether they are equal or inferior to my other
              poems, an author is the most improper judge.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
  
     3. (Astron.)
        (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or
            interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury
            or Venus.
        (b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a
            meridian.
  
     4. (Bot.)
        (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx
            when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or
            of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior
            calyx.
        (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract;
            anterior.
  
     5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior
        officer.
  
     {Inferior court} (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction
        of another court known as the superior, or higher, court.
        
  
     {Inferior letter}, {Inferior figure} (Print.), a small letter
        or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to
        {superior letter} or figure), as in A_{2}, B_{n}, 2 and n
        are inferior characters.
  
     {Inferior tide}, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit
        of the meridian, when below the horizon.

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

  Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, n.
     A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than
     another.
  
           A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than
           by disdaining him.                       --South.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  inferior
       adj 1: of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant: {superior}]
       2: of low or inferior quality [ant: {superior}]
       3: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
          corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
          functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {lower}, {lower-ranking},
           {lowly}, {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern}, {subordinate}]
       4: written or printed below and to one side of another
          character [syn: {subscript}] [ant: {adscript}, {superscript}]
       5: having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit;
          "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [ant: {superior}]
       6: lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar
          artery"
       7: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
          [syn: {deficient}, {substandard}]
       n 1: one of lesser rank or station or quality [ant: {superior}]
       2: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or
          slightly below and to the side of another character [syn:
          {subscript}] [ant: {superscript}]