the state of not being as good as somebody/something else 低等;劣等;劣势 a sense of inferiority 自卑感 social inferiority 社会地位低下
Extra ExamplesShe accepted her inferiority to her rivals. 她接受了自己不如对手的现实。 The invading force, conscious of their numerical inferiority at sea, decided on an airborne attack. 侵略军考虑到自己的海上兵力处于劣势,决定采取空降袭击。 Using a false accent over the phone is a sign of inferiority. 打电话时故意作出某种口音是自卑的表现。 the myth of racial inferiority 种族低劣的谬见
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- moral
- racial
- social
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- complex
- inferiority to
- a feeling of inferiority
- a sense of inferiority
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably from medieval Latin inferioritas, from Latin inferior ‘lower’.