second-rate

英 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]

美 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]

adj.  二流的; 平庸的; 普通的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 二流的；平庸的；普通的
  not very good or impressive
  1. a second-rate player
     平庸的运动员

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.
  1. ...second-rate restaurants.
     二流餐馆
  2. ...another second-rate politician.
     另一名二流政客

英英释义

adj

• moderate to inferior in quality
  1. they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
  Synonym:mediocre

双语例句

• 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；
• As a director, he's second-rate at best.
  作为一名导演，他至多属于二流。
• 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。
• 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。
• But what is the good of turning out second-rate pictures?
  可是只是画出些二流作品究竟有什么好处呢？
• 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。
• That is why the television networks keep serving up old movies and second-rate variety programmes.
  这就是为什么电视台一直播送旧电影和二流杂耍等老一套节目的原因。
• We bought it in a second-rate department store.
  我们在一家二流的百货店买下它的。
• Of lesser quality than second-rate.
  质量上比二等还要差的。
• You cannot expect a good response to an advertisement if you place it in a second-rate magazine.
  如果你在第二流的杂志上刊登广告，你别想收到好的效果。