单词 | imperfect |
释义 | imperfect —imperfectly, adv. —imperfectness, n. /im perr"fikt/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision. 2. not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge. 3. Gram. noting action or state still in process at some temporal point of reference, particularly in the past. 4. Law. being without legal effect or support; unenforceable. 5. Bot. (of a flower) diclinous. 6. Music. of or relating to the interval of a major or minor third or sixth. Cf. perfect (def. 12a). n. Gram. 7. the imperfect tense. 8. another verb formation or construction with imperfect meaning. 9. a form in the imperfect, as Latin portabam, "I was carrying." [1300-50; < L imperfectus unfinished (see IM-2, PERFECT); r. ME imparfit < MF imparfait < L, as above] Syn. 1. defective, faulty. 2. incomplete, underdeveloped; immature. Ant. 2. complete, developed. |
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