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

• Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.
  只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。
• 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。
• There have been good and mediocre and bad artists.
  艺术家分好的、平庸的、差的。
• Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre
  弗吉尼娅是个完美主义者，她根本不愿意拿任何普普通通毫无特色的东西将就。
• His school record was mediocre.
  他在学校成绩平平。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some students even though the University, but the work is contribution of mediocre;
  有的中学生虽然上了大学，但在工作岗位上却贡献平平；
• 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。
• Right there, that's the difference between a mediocre company and a great company.
  一个普普通通的公司和一个干得很出色的公司的区别就在于此。