1. (质量等)差的,次的
Something that is inferior is not as good as something else.
e.g. The cassettes were of inferior quality...
那些磁带质量较差。
e.g. This resulted in overpriced and often inferior products...
这就导致了标价过高而往往质量低劣的产品的出现。
2. (地位、能力等)低等的,低于…的;下级的
If one person is regarded as inferior to another, they are regarded as less important because they have less status or ability.
e.g. He preferred the company of those who were intellectually inferior to himself.
他喜欢与那些智力水平不如他的人共处。
e.g. ...the inferior status of women in pre-revolutionary Russia...
革命之前俄国妇女的低微地位