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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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