inferior
adjective
uk/ɪnˈfɪə.ri.ər/us/ɪnˈfɪr.i.ɚ/C1
not good, or not as good as someone or somethingelse:
差的；比…不如的Theseproductsare inferiortothose weboughtlastyear.这些产品比我们去年买的差些。
Shecitedcasesin which women hadreceivedinferiorhealthcare.她引用了一些妇女得到低劣保健服务的事例。
It wasclearthegroupwereregardedasintellectually/morally/sociallyinferior.很显然，这个群体被认为在智力／道德水平／社会地位上很低下。
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superioradjective(BETTER)
of bad quality
- badThe food wasn’t as bad as I’d expected.
- poorTheir efforts produced extremely poor results.
- low/poor/bad qualityTheir sausages are made with low-quality meat.
- mediocreThe striker has been dropped after a mediocre performance.
- inferiorThe copies are of inferior quality.
lower, or oflowerrank:
低级别的，下级的an inferiorofficer下级官员
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superioradjective(BETTER)
anatomyspecialized
of thelowersurfaceof abodypart
（在身体）下面的，下位的medicalspecialized
used to refer to abodypartthat is below anotherbodypart:
（在身体其他部分）下面的the inferioralveolarartery下牙槽动脉
Worse and worst
- aggravating
- aggravation
- atyourworstidiom
- be in a different leagueidiom
- can't hold a candle toidiom
- hold
- league
- not be a patch onsomethingidiom
- not be in the same leagueidiom
- not half asidiom
- not in the same leagueidiom
- not the sameidiom
- pale
- patch
- same
- stick
- sticksomeonewithsomething
- to top it allidiom
- topper
- villain
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Organizations - position & status
Of little or less importance
Substances & structures in the body
inferior
noun[C]
uk/ɪnˈfɪə.ri.ər/us/ɪnˈfɪr.i.ɚ/C2
someone who isconsideredto be lessimportantthan otherpeople:
（人）低等Heregardedmost men as hissocial,moral, andintellectualinferiors.他认为大部分人在社会地位、道德和智力上都低他一等。
Worse and worst
- aggravating
- aggravation
- atyourworstidiom
- be in a different leagueidiom
- can't hold a candle toidiom
- hold
- league
- not be a patch onsomethingidiom
- not be in the same leagueidiom
- not half asidiom
- not in the same leagueidiom
- not the sameidiom
- pale
- patch
- same
- stick
- sticksomeonewithsomething
- to top it allidiom
- topper
- villain
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People of little importance