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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• Yet even a mediocre country can acquire dubious allies.
  不过，即使是普通的国家也会有一些暧昧的盟友。
• 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。
• Some students even though the University, but the work is contribution of mediocre;
  有的中学生虽然上了大学，但在工作岗位上却贡献平平；
• 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。
• 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 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。