imperfect

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im·per·fect1 /ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt $ -ɜːr-/ adjectiveadj

PERFECTnot completely correct or perfect 有缺点的，不完美的 SYN flawed

the imperfect world we live in

我们生活于其中的不完美的世界

—imperfectly adverbadv

—imperfection /ˌɪmpəˈfekʃən $ -pər-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

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imperfect• You have to accept that most relationships are imperfect.• The copy is then imperfect and the proteins it will create may be entirely different.• For example, the modelling of the corporate sector, particularly allowing for imperfect competition, is likely to pose formidable problems.• Imperfect goods are sold off cheaply.• In practice, the invisible foot is sometimes a very imperfect incentive structure.• They had too much work to do in too little time with imperfect information and limited resources.• Democracy, no matter how imperfect, is still the best method of government.• In general, people have a very imperfect knowledge of the law.• Some readings seemed high, possibly because of imperfect masking of the plant boxes.• As a mere imperfect mortal, I find myself working twice as hard to introduce those whom I like to the Lord.• The conversation was limited by my imperfect Spanish.• She had even been able to effect an imperfect superimposition of her reality upon his own.• In the imperfect world in which we live, however, there exists a whole range of different interest rates.• She has anxieties and fears, like anyone else in this imperfect world.

imperfect2 noun

the 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’. 〔动词的〕未完成过去式

From Longman Business Dictionary

imperfectim·per·fect /ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt-ɜːr-/ adjectiveadj

1MANUFACTURING imperfect goods, products etc have not been made completely correctly

Years ago, manufacturers used shopping malls to unload imperfect goods.

2ECONOMICS used to describe markets or competition where competing products cannot be compared exactly because they are not exactly the same, not everyone has complete information about them etc. Most real markets are imperfect

For advocates of market allocation, government is a major source of imperfect competition.

im·per·fect1 adjectiveadjimperfect2 noun

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