inferior

noun

1. a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

Synonym: subscript

2. one of lesser rank or station or quality

adj

1. falling short of some prescribed norm

e.g. substandard housing

Synonym: deficientsubstandard

2. of or characteristic of low rank or importance

3. of low or inferior quality

4. having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit

e.g. Mercury and Venus are inferior planets

5. written or printed below and to one side of another character

Synonym: subscript

6. lower than a given reference point

e.g. inferior alveolar artery

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

1.

1. 下：二.常用的方位术语:上(superior)和下(inferior):按解剖学姿势,头居上,足在下. 近头侧为上,远头侧为下;在四肢则常用近侧(proximal)远侧(distal)描述部位间的关系,即靠近躯干的根部为近侧,而相对距离较远或末端的部位为远侧;

2.

2. 劣质的：))之间存在信息不对称,目前董事市场的不健全(或不存在)更增加了获取愿意独立董事的信息的难度,由此导致所谓的逆选择--让劣质的(Inferior)人当上了独立董事.