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

• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You are glorifying a rather mediocre building.
  你正在美化一栋普普通通的建筑。
• 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。
• In Kasbeam, a very old barber gave me a very mediocre haircut.
  在加斯比姆，一个很老的理发师给我剪了个很难看的发型。
• 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。