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 in·fe·ri·or /ɪnˈfɪriɚ/
 (a.)次等的,較低的,下方的,下級的低下的人,次品,下附文字

 in·fe·ri·or /ɪnˈfɪrɪɚ/ 形容詞
 在下,下方的,劣的,次的

 In·fe·ri·or a.
 1. Lower in place, rank, value, 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 court, 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 A₂, Bₙ, 2 and n are inferior characters.
 Inferior tide, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon.

 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.
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 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]