劍橋詞典 imperfect adjective (NOT PERFECT) damaged , containing problems , or not having something 有缺陷的，不完美的；不完全的 We're living in an imperfect world . 我們生活的世界并不完美。 I explained as well as I was able , given my own imperfect understanding of the situation . 考慮到我自己對情況也不完全清楚，我已經(jīng)盡我所能地作了解釋。 imperfect adjective (GRAMMAR) language specialized The imperfect form of a verb describes an action in the past that was continuous or was not completed . 未完成過去時；過去進行時 In the sentence "He was hit by a car as he was crossing the road ", the verb "cross " is in the imperfect form . 在句子 He was hit by a car as he was crossing the road 中，動詞 cross 用的是未完成過去時。 例句 First, our French teacher showed us how to put the verb 'fermer' into the imperfect tense .'When I came in Jack was reading his book ' is a sentence that uses the imperfect, i.e. 'was reading ' . 返回 imperfect