second-rate
英 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]
美 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]
adj. 二流的; 平庸的; 普通的
Collins.1
牛津词典
adj.
- 二流的;平庸的;普通的
not very good or impressive- a second-rate player
平庸的运动员
- a second-rate player
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 二流的;二等的;劣质的
If you describe something assecond-rate, you mean that it is of poor quality.- ...second-rate restaurants.
二流餐馆 - ...another second-rate politician.
另一名二流政客
- ...second-rate restaurants.
英英释义
adj
- moderate to inferior in quality
- they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
双语例句
- Application of Dual Flow Rate ( No Build-up) Test Technique She is at best a second-rate singer.
二流量(不关井)测试技术应用研究她充其量是个二流歌手。 - Yes, there are tens of thousands of places to buy second-rate pork buns and wontons in any town you might happen to be in, from Lima, Peru, to Lima, Ohio.
诚然,在世界任何一个地方,从秘鲁首都利马市到美国俄亥俄州的利马市,你都可以找到中国餐馆,买到猪肉包子和馄饨这样的便宜小吃; - That book is only second-rate.
那本书只是二流作品。 - Our technology is strong, but American public schools are second-rate in math and science.
我们的技术很强大,但是美国的公众学校在数学和科技上只属于二流水平。 - We bought it in a second-rate department store.
我们在一家二流的百货店买下它的。 - As a director, he's second-rate at best.
作为一名导演,他至多属于二流。 - You think you're second-rate and there's nothing you can do.
你觉得你自己只是个二流的货色,而且你永远不可能成为一流的。 - Viewers will have to make do with tired re-runs and second-rate movies
电视观众只能将就着看一下已经看厌了的重播节目和二流电影。 - The hysteresis of education let UK be the second-rate country politically and militarily in the world.
英国在教育上的滞后也使英国在政治和军事上成了充当二流国家的角色。 - In many countries and regions, women there continue to be regarded as second-rate citizens.
许多国家和地区的妇女仍然被视为二等公民。