inferior

劣った、下位の

他と比べて質や能力、重要性、地位が低いこと。

やさしい英語で： Lower in quality, ability, importance, or rank than someone or something else.

• These shoes are made from inferior materials.
• He felt inferior to his classmates.
• The new model is inferior to the old one.

使い方： inferior to someone/something (The cheaper fabric is inferior to the original.)

類義語： poorer, lower, worse

反対語： superior

よく使う表現： inferior quality, inferior materials, inferior to something

内側の、内惑星の

太陽を回る軌道が、地球の軌道より太陽に近いこと。

やさしい英語で： Having an orbit closer to the Sun than Earth's orbit.

• Venus is an inferior planet.
• The inferior planets orbit closer to the Sun than Earth does.
• Mercury and Venus are both inferior planets.

類義語： interior

反対語： superior

よく使う表現： inferior planet, inferior planets

下付きの

通常の文字の位置より下に、多くは小さく書かれていること。

やさしい英語で： Printed below the usual line of text, often in a smaller size.

• The formula ends with an inferior figure.
• Set the number in inferior type.
• The printer placed the inferior characters below the line.

類義語： subscript

反対語： superscript

よく使う表現： inferior letter, inferior figure, inferior character

地平線下の

空と地面が接して見える線より下にあること。

やさしい英語で： Situated below the line where the sky seems to meet the earth.

• The diagram shows the inferior semicircle.
• The inferior meridian arc lies below the horizon.
• Students marked the inferior portion of the celestial circle.

反対語： superior

よく使う表現： inferior meridian arc, inferior semicircle

下位の人、部下

地位や立場、能力が他の人より低いと見なされる人。

やさしい英語で： A person considered lower in rank, position, or ability than another person.

• He treated everyone as an inferior.
• The officer expected his inferiors to obey.
• She never regarded her assistants as inferiors.

使い方： someone's inferior (She refused to treat him as her inferior.)

類義語： subordinate

反対語： superior

よく使う表現： social inferior, an inferior, someone's inferior

下付き文字

通常の文字の位置より下に書かれた文字、数字、記号。

やさしい英語で： A letter, number, or symbol printed below the usual line of text.

• The final digit is an inferior.
• This font includes several numerical inferiors.
• The printer moved the inferior below the main line.

類義語： subscript

反対語： superscript

よく使う表現： an inferior, numerical inferior, print an inferior