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

• 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。
• Ordinary but not mediocre.
  平凡而不平庸。
• 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？
• That is why many mediocre employees survive violent corporate upheavals while people of great talent are being laid off.
  这就是为什么许多平平庸庸的公司雇员在大调整中保住了位置，而有才能的人反到下岗。
• 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。
• Considerably more attractive, than the mediocre person.
  大家更为有能力的人更有魅力，比那个平庸的人，吸引人得多，对吧？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。