You know how imperfectly the women of the mezzo cito [1] are educated in Italy?

“你知道意大利中产阶级的妇女所受的教育是多么欠缺吗?”

"If the marquise will deign to repeat the words I but imperfectly caught, I shall be delighted to answer," said M. de Villefort

“如果侯爵夫人愿意把刚才的话再说一遍，我是非常乐于答复。”福尔维先生说。

Hester could only account for the child’s character-and even then most vaguely and imperfectly-by recalling what she herself had been, during that momentous period while Pearl was imbibing her soul from the spiritual world, and her bodily frame from its material of earth.

海丝特只能靠回忆自己当时的情况来分析这孩子的性格:在珠儿从精神世界汲取自己的灵魂、从世上的物质中形成自己的躯体曲关键内期，她本人如何如何;但这样推断出来的孩子的性格，仍然是十分模糊不全的。

To speak imperfectly ,as a child does.

讲话不完善，象小孩一样

To wither or shrivel or mature imperfectly .

枯萎枯萎，萎缩或发育不良

An instance of being imperfectly known or difficult to understand.

难于理解的不被清楚知晓或难于理解的例子

Yet there were intervals when the whole scene, in which she was the most conspicuous object, seemed to vanish from her eyes, or at least, glimmered indistinctly before them, like a mass of imperfectly shaped and spectral images.

然而,在她充当众目所瞩的目标的全部期间,她不时感到眼前茫茫一片,至少,人群象一大堆支离破碎、光怪陆离的幻象般地朦胧模糊。

All language changes over a period of time, for reasons which are imperfectly understood

所有语言经过一段时间就要变化，其变化的原因是无法完全搞清楚的。

Suddenly he began writing in sheer panic, only imperfectly aware of what he was setting down

突然，他慌里慌张写起字来，只是朦朦胧胧意识到自己写的是什么。

Vestigial or imperfectly developed,especially in comparison with other individuals or related species;not clearly marked or seen;indistinct.Used of an organ or other part of an animal or a plant.

退化的，发育不完全的器官退化或发育不全的，尤指其他相关个体或种属;没有被清楚地标识或看见;不分明。用于动物或植物的器官或其他部分

Gradually disappearing;imperfectly or only slightly developed.Used of an organ or other part of an animal or a plant.

退化的逐渐消亡的;没有完全退化或进化程度微小的。用于指动物或植物的器官或其它部分

A sexually undeveloped or imperfectly developed insect,such as a worker bee.

无性昆虫性不发达或不完善的昆虫，如工蜂

Think before you speak; pronounce not imperfectly , nor bring out your words too hastily, But orderly and distinctly.--G. Washington

先思考后说话;发音要准确,说起话来不要太急,而要有条有理、清清楚楚。--华盛顿

Hide a disagreement, fault or difficulty,esp quickly or imperfectly

掩饰分歧、错误或困难(尤指仓促或有漏洞)

The lecturer said in conclusion that he had treated the subject only imperfectly .

演讲者最后说，他只是简略地谈了谈这个题目，很不全面。

One may as well not know a thing at all,as know it but imperfectly .

一个人可能根本不知道一件事情，就好象知道但很片面一样。

Dick bethought him, with something like a pang, of the lad whom he had so imperfectly directed

这时候，狄克突然想起了那个小伙子――他马马虎虎地向他指路的小伙子，感到一阵难受。

They (the experiments)were imperfectly performed, as he was not very expert; but, being on a subject quite new to me, they equally surprised and pleased me.

这些试验做得不很完美，因为他的技术不很熟练。但是因为这个题目对我是完全新的，所以它们使我感到又惊又喜。

First came the music. It comprised a variety of instruments, perhaps imperfectly adapted to one another, and played with no great skill;

走在最前面的军乐队,由各式各样的乐器组成,或许彼此之间不很和谐,而且演奏技巧也不高明

That does not affect their electrical conductivity, but nanoscale particles like this are known to scatter and obstruct the passage of heat through imperfectly understood quantum-mechanical processes.

它们的导电性不会因此受到影响，但是人们知道像这样的纳米级颗粒会分散开来并通过人们还尚未完全理解的量子力学过程阻碍热量通道。

Mr Smithers prefers the idea that markets are "imperfectly efficient" , in other words, that they fluctuate around their fair value.

Smithers先生认为市场的“有效是不完美的，”换句话说，其价值围绕公允价值上下波动。

Imperfectly efficient markets rotate around fair value.

不完全有效的市场围绕公允价值波动。

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. It’s better to do something imperfectly than nothing perfectly.

不要让完美成为不错的敌人。不那么完美地去做某件事也比完全地不做什么强。

But it is unlikely to pay for fundamental research in what is still an imperfectly understood field.

但是，它不可能为至今仍不完全被人理解的领域的基础研究付款。

It has also been suggested that same-sex behaviours appear when organisms are imperfectly adapted to their environment.

但也有人认为，当生物体无法完全适应环境时也会出现同性恋行为。

They do so very imperfectly , if at all.

即便果真如此，这也是一种不充分的反应。

This package, albeit imperfectly , administers it.

目前这一揽子措施，尽管不完善，但毕竟能救个急。

If the world is multipolar, it is very imperfectly so, and American diplomacy aims to keep things this way.

如果说世界是多极化的，那么这种多极化还很不完善，而美国的外交政策旨在维持这种状态。

God did not vouchsafe his model to us, mortals see the present imperfectly and the future dimly, and use many different models.

上帝没有把他的模型赐予我们，凡人只能看到残缺的现在和模糊的未来，使用各种不同的模型。

Corporate reforms were introduced, albeit slowly and imperfectly .

虽然缓慢且不尽完美，但公司重组正在推进。

imperfectly drained

n.排水不良的

coast imperfectly known

未精测的岸线

imperfectly elastic media

n.非完全弹性介质

imperfectly ripened grain

n.不完全成熟谷粒

imperfectly elastic behaviour

n.不完全弹性特性

imperfectly specified pattern

不完善的指定模式

imperfectly drained paddy field

n.半湿田