Imperfect Verb Noun Past ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt Faults Live Slightly
**Imperfect** (adjective) describes something that is not perfect, complete, or correct, often having faults or flaws. In grammar, it refers to the past tense used for continuous or repeated actions in the past.
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不完美的;有缺点的;有瑕疵的 Something that is imperfect has faults and is not exactly as you would like it to be.
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We live in an imperfect world...
我们生活在一个并不完美的世界上。
They have a huge selection of perfect, slightly imperfect and discontinued cookers, fridges and so on.
他们有大量完好的、略有瑕疵的以及已停产的炊具、冰箱和其他货品可供选择。
...a child's imperfect understanding of what is going on between their parents.
孩子对父母间所发生事情的一知半解
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This effect was imperfectly understood by designers at that time.
当时的设计者们没有完全理解这种效果。
...in a country whose language she spoke imperfectly.
在一个她不能完全掌握该国语言的国家里
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[N-SING 单数名词](动词的)未完成过去式,未完成过去时 In grammar, the imperfect or the imperfect tense of a verb is used to describe continuous situations or repeated actions in the past. Examples are 'I was reading' and 'they were eating'.
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Oxford
im·per·fect/ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt; NAmEɪmˈpɜːrfɪkt/
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noun
imperfectimperfectsadjectivecontaining faults or mistakes; not complete or perfect 有缺点的;有缺陷的;不完全的;不完美的SYN
flawed
◆an imperfect world不完美的世界◆an imperfect understanding of English对英语的不透彻理解◆All our sale items are slightly imperfect.我们所有的廉价商品都稍有缺陷。▶im·per·fect·ly/ɪmˈpɜːfɪktli; NAmEɪmˈpɜːrfɪktli/adverbnounthe imperfect(alsothe imˌperfect ˈtense)[singular ]( grammar 语法) the verb tense that expresses action in the past that is not complete. It is often called the past progressiveor past continuous.过去未完成时, 未完成式(常称为过去进行时) ◆In ‘while I was washing my hair’, the verb is in the imperfect.*while I was washing my hair 中的动词是过去未完成时。 im·per·fect/ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt; NAmEɪmˈpɜːrfɪkt/im·per·fect·ly/ɪmˈpɜːfɪktli; NAmEɪmˈpɜːrfɪktli/
not completely correct or perfectSYN flawed: the imperfect world we live in—imperfectly adverb—imperfection /ˌɪmpəˈfekʃən $ -pər-/ noun [countable, uncountable]
imperfect1 adjective
imperfect2 noun
imperfectimperfect2 nounthe imperfect technical the form of a verb which is used when talking about an action in the past that is not complete. For example, ‘I was eating’.
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imperfect
[ɪmˈpɜ:fɪkt]
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不完美的(88%),有缺点的(9%),未完善的(3%)
n.未完成体
adj.有缺点的;未完成的;半过去的;未完成时的
adv.有瑕疵地;有缺点地
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