He refused to take orders from someone he perceived as his inferior.

inferior 是形容词，意思是"低等的、下级的、较差的"，来自拉丁语 inferus（下方的）。这里指"地位或能力比自己低的人"。 perceived 是动词 perceive 的过去分词形式，perceive 由前缀 per-（完全）和词根 -ceive（拿、取）组成，意思是"感知、认为"。这里表示"主观上认为"。