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

• She is just a very ordinary singer, her singing techniques and style are very mediocre.
  她是个非常平凡的歌手；她的歌唱技巧和风格都非常平庸而已。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The ability to overcome failure is one big difference between successful and mediocre people.
  成功人士和平庸的人的区别就在于他们战胜失败的能力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。