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

• Your bodies and names will perish, but the river will flow on for ever--the names of mediocre writers will be forgottern, but those of the great masters will live.
  尔曹身与名俱灭，不废江河万古流。
• I'm not OK with a mediocre job!
  我讨厌我做的那些平庸的事情！
• Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
  有时我会担心在平庸的世界里成功。
• His school record was mediocre.
  他在学校成绩平平。
• You are glorifying a rather mediocre building.
  你正在美化一栋普普通通的建筑。
• He was a mediocre student; his academic records were not excellent, but not bad, either.
  他是平凡的学生，成绩不优秀，也不坏。
• Your Putin is mediocre KGB officer-that's all he is and this is how he rules Russia.
  你普京是平庸的克格勃军官&这就是他的全部，这是他统治俄罗斯的规则。
• Rockstar programmers understand what they are doing far, far better than average or mediocre programmers.
  超级程序员跟那些平庸的、一般的程序员比起来，对自己要做的事情的理解要深的多的多。
• I would consider myself a mediocre shooter, although it is difficult to measure without other shooters around.
  我认为自己是个很普通的射手，虽然和周围的其他爱好者比较高下是困难的。
• How can we produce top-class engineers when universities are constrained to offer salaries that can only attract mediocre staff?
  大学的财力有限，提供的薪酬仅能吸引水平一般的教师，在这种情况下，我们如何能培养出一流的工程师？