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mediocre

英 [ˌmiːdiˈəʊkə(r)]

美 [ˌmiːdiˈoʊkər]

adj.  平庸的; 普通的; 平常的

复数:mediocres 

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Collins.1 / BNC.14371 / COCA.10434

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 平庸的;普通的;平常的
      not very good; of only average standard
      1. a mediocre musician/talent/performance
        平庸的音乐家 / 才能 / 表演
      2. I thought the play was only mediocre.
        我认为这部戏剧只是平庸之作。

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ-GRADED (事物)普通的,平庸的,一般的
      If you describe something asmediocre, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better.
      1. His school record was mediocre.
        他在学校成绩平平。
      2. ...mediocre music.
        不尽如人意的音乐

    英英释义

    adj

    • poor to middling in quality
      1. there have been good and mediocre and bad artists
    • lacking exceptional quality or ability
      1. a novel of average merit
      2. only a fair performance of the sonata
      3. in fair health
      4. the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
      5. the performance was middling at best
      Synonym:averagefairmiddling
    • moderate to inferior in quality
      1. they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
      Synonym:second-rate

    双语例句

    • Right there, that's the difference between a mediocre company and a great company.
      一个普普通通的公司和一个干得很出色的公司的区别就在于此。
    • Ordinary but not mediocre.
      平凡而不平庸。
    • You are glorifying a rather mediocre building.
      你正在美化一栋普普通通的建筑。
    • We accept mediocre things in the society in all walks.
      在社会中的各个方面我们接受普普通通的事物。
    • Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre
      弗吉尼娅是个完美主义者,她根本不愿意拿任何普普通通毫无特色的东西将就。
    • He spent much of his time reading mediocre paperbacks.
      他花了许多时间阅读内容平庸的简装书。
    • I have ground out some verses, which, I'm afraid, are too mediocre to appear in your publication.
      我搜索枯肠做了几句诗,恐怕过于平淡,不配在你们刊物上发表。
    • There have been good and mediocre and bad artists.
      艺术家分好的、平庸的、差的。
    • We have often heard such words as "very average"," thoroughly mediocre", and" very corrupt ".
      我们常常听到人们用“很一般”、“庸庸碌碌”和“腐败透顶”这些词。
    • I find that individuals who adopt this creed tend to enjoy mediocre business careers.
      我发现,遵循这一信条的个人往往事业都很平庸。