单词 | imperfect |
释义 | Word Frequency imperfect(ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt) adjective 1. exhibiting or characterized by faults, mistakes, etc; defective 2. not complete or finished; deficient 3. botany a. (of flowers) lacking functional stamens or pistils b. (of fungi) not undergoing sexual reproduction 4. grammar denoting a tense of verbs used most commonly in describing continuous or repeated past actions or events, as for example was walking as opposed to walked 5. law (of a trust, an obligation, etc) lacking some necessary formality to make effective or binding; incomplete; legally unenforceable See also executory (sense 1)6. music a. (of a cadence) proceeding to the dominant from the tonic, subdominant, or any chord other than the dominant b. of or relating to all intervals other than the fourth, fifth, and octave Compare perfect (sense 9)noun 7. grammar a. the imperfect tense b. a verb in this tense Derived forms imperfectly (imˈperfectly) adverb imperfectness (imˈperfectness) noun |
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