Mediocre
[,miːdɪ'əʊkə] or [,midɪ'okɚ]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:凯思琳
解釋/意思:
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.
贾尔斯錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- They reveal a depth and range of meaning in experiences which otherwise might be mediocre and trivial. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Its opposite is the mediocre, the average. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is empty and thin: a stifling of living currents in the interest of a mediocre regularity. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Miss Gertrude Farish, in fact, typified the mediocre and the ineffectual. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- It means a mediocre hitter in baseball. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
編輯:卡蒂