Mediocre
[,miːdɪ'əʊkə] or [,midɪ'okɚ]
解释:
(adj.) poor to middling in quality; 'there have been good and mediocre and bad artists' .
(adj.) moderate to inferior in quality; 'they improved the quality from mediocre to above average' .
整理:胡安妮塔--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.
(n.) A mediocre person.
(n.) A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties.
录入:凯思琳
解释:
adj. of middling extent or quality: moderate.—n. Medioc′rity a middle state or condition: a moderate degree: a person of little power or importance.
贾尔斯录入
例句:
- They reveal a depth and range of meaning in experiences which otherwise might be mediocre and trivial. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Its opposite is the mediocre, the average. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- There is a variety of testimony to the effect that not only musical sounds, but stray words and phrases, were actually transmitted with mediocre, casual success. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- It is empty and thin: a stifling of living currents in the interest of a mediocre regularity. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Miss Gertrude Farish, in fact, typified the mediocre and the ineffectual. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- It means a mediocre hitter in baseball. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
编辑:卡蒂