Obviously just being different does not make a culture inferior just as it does not make another culture superior.
显然,仅仅不同并不意味着一种文化为劣等文化,正如不同并不意味着一种文化为优等文化一样。When I was just starting my second year at university, Steve was a fresher and I viewed him as inferior in two ways.
我开始上大学二年级时,史蒂夫还是个新生,由于两方面的原因,我当时觉得他是劣等生。Poor human nature! What would become of a person's dignity if it were entrusted to the followers of Rousseau?
劣等的人类本性!如果把公共权力交与这些卢梭的追随者们,人的尊严何在?I plan to finish this school year, but if I continue, I ll probably be paying more for what could be an inferior education.
我打算结束这学年的学习,但是如果我继续学的话,我可能为劣等的教育支付更多金钱。Japan had long been viewed as the inferior nation looking to its Asian neighbor for monies as well as culture.
由于一直从其亚洲邻国那里寻找财富与文化,因此长久以来,日本都被视为劣等国家。Oh, I say, they're not diamonds you know! They're only semi-precious stones.
你知道这不是钻石吧,这只是些劣等宝石。Like other professionals, investment bankers tend not to compete on price lest customers interpret low fees as a sign of poor quality.
和其他的投资领域一样,投资银行家一般不愿意参与降价战,生怕客户把低价服务解读成劣等产品。Several years ago, that cafe served fairly decent food, but now it's just a greasy spoon.
几年前那间餐厅供应相当好的食物,但现在它只是间劣等餐厅。You may no longer host school hours and poor health themselves, but life is not the case.
你所在的学校也许已经不再分优等生和劣等生,但生活却并不如此。