/ɪnˈfɪəriə(r) ||; ɪnˈfɪrɪɚ/adj inferior (to sb/sth) low or lower in social position, importance, quality, etc (社会地位、重要性、质量等)低的,较低的,低下的:
This material is obviously inferior to that one. 这种材料的质量显然不如那种材料。Don't let people make you feel inferior. 不要让别人使你感到自卑。 [OPP] superior 反义词为superior➔inferior noun [C]:She always treats me as her intellectual inferior. 她总是把我看作是智力上不如她的人。 ➔inferiority /ɪnˌfɪəriˈɒrəti; US -ˈɔ:r- ||; ɪnˌfɪrɪˈɔrətɪ/ noun [U]