mediocre
['mi:diəukə]
adj. 平庸的, 平凡的
例句与用法:
I don't like that new restaurant; they charge fancy prices for mediocre food and poor service.
我不喜欢那家新开的饭店,那里的饭菜一般,服务又是差,但价格却非常高。
Of limited or average quality; mediocre.
平凡的,普通的有限的或一般的性质的; 普通的
A casual or mediocre player of a sport, especially golf.
漫不经心或平庸的运动员,尤指高尔夫球手
a.
中等的; 平凡的; 二流的
mediocre
同义词:
average | ordinary | moderate | fair | passable | adequate | acceptable | so-so | medium | commonplace | halfway | tolerable | tiresome | middling | second-rate | unexceptional | middle-of-the-road | run-of-the-mill | boring | pedestrian |
反义词:
extreme |
词义辨析:
同义:
a.平凡的; 普通的
average
ordinary
fair
moderate
adequate
medium
acceptable
passable
so-so
同义参见:
halfway
commonplace
tolerable
boring2
fair1
tiresome
反义:
a.平凡的; 二流的
extreme
extraordinary
mediocre[,mi:di'əukə; 'mi:diəukə]adj.1.■普通的;平凡的;中等质量的;平庸的2.■欠佳的;二流的;不够好的;劣等的
mediocremediocre[ˌmi:diˈəukə; ˈmi:diəukə]adj.1.■中等的, 平庸的; 劣等的, 平凡的The critics condemned the play as mediocre.评论家谴责那出戏为低劣产物。The student tried hard, but his work is mediocre.该生学习刻苦, 但学业平庸。
[ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə]
adjective
- of only moderate quality; not very good
平庸的;平凡的
a mediocre actor.
平庸的演员。
mediocrely
adverb
语源
- late 16th cent.: from French médiocre, from Latin mediocris 'of middle height or degree', literally 'somewhat rugged or mountainous', from medius 'middle' + ocris 'rugged mountain'
mediocre
形容词 mediocre:
moderate to inferior in quality
同义词:second-rate
lacking exceptional quality or ability
poor to middling in quality
mediocre
■And we've seen plenty of examples of great software, the really high notes, in the past few years: stuff that mediocre software developers just could not have developed.
+而且我们在过去的几年间,已经看过很多伟大软体的例子,那些真正的高音:平庸的软体开发者就是做不出来的东西。
■"Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones" (La Rochefoucauld).
“分别会使平庸的感情削减,却能使深厚的感情增强”(拉·劳土福科)。
■"Good enough" is the best you will ever get from Mediocre Man.
“足够好了”,这就是你从一个庸才那能听到的最好的话。
■I have a longing which grows stronger as I get older,” confesses the acclaimed American concert pianist Eugene Istomin, “to be mediocre.
” 美国深受欢迎的音乐会钢琴演奏家Eugene Istomin 这样表白自己:“随着年龄的增长我越来越渴望做一个平常人。”
■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。
■A most mediocre person can be the object of a love which is wild, extravagant, and beautiful as the poison lilies of the swamp.
一个最普通的人,也会成为美如沼泽的毒百合的炽烈爱慕对像。
■A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
一个能引发热情的普通念头,比一个无法激发他人的伟大设想更有成效。
■After a lackluster 2003 session of mediocre films and low celebrity wattage, this year's Cannes Film Festival atoned in substance and style.
一扫2003年影片乏善可陈、嘉宾星光黯淡的阴霾,今年戛纳电影节以其深刻与独到强势回归。
■The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.
一种是计划者的方法,一味权衡后果;另一种是天才的途径,直接改变世界的面貌。
■The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
一般的教师表述;比较好的教师解释;更优秀的教师演示;最伟大的教师启示。
■Last season's averages of 6.9 points and 6.1 rebounds were very mediocre, but he has the trust of his teammates and coaches.
上个赛季场均6.9分,6.1个篮板,只能属于中庸的水准,但是他得到了队友和教练的信任。
■His performances in the 6 weeks before Titus Bramble took him out were quite good.Granted, his first months in a Chelsea shirt were mediocre.
不过他在受伤前六个星期内的表现非常好,当然,他在车子的第一个月很一般。
■Exactly. This is typical of state manufactured propaganda songs under the hood of pop music created by mediocre composers and endored by senior party officials.
严格地说,这是典型的国家宣传歌曲,是那些在此气氛之下的平庸作曲家和党内高官共同大作。
■There was general agreement that the PC had become a commodity product, its makers mere box-shifters, and that growth prospects were mediocre.
个人电脑已经成为一种日用商品,其制造者仅仅只是廉价产品制造商,整个产业的前景也显得很平淡,对这样的观点存在这普遍的一致赞同。
■Mediocre people talk about things.
中庸之人谈论事情。
■The mediocre pot will contain the other foreign retail assets, which RBS will attempt to auction.
中等部份包括外国零售业资产,RBS将试图对其拍卖。
■Why lead half hundred or have no improvement year, be still mediocre and unambitious, omen had no to stand out?
为什么到了年过半百还是毫无起色,还是庸庸碌碌,毫无出人头地的征兆?
■Subjectively a lens with great contrast but rather mediocre resolution looks more snappy, maybe even sharper than a low-contrast lens with a high resolution.
主观上,一枚对比度大,但是分辨率一般的镜头看上去可能会比一枚高分辨率但是对比度低的镜头更令人舒服。
■As a result, two mediocre assistant to share his work, his orders were high, they will not pose a threat to his power.
于是,两个平庸的助手分担了他的工作,他自己则高高在上发号施令,他们不会对自己的权力构成威胁。
■Since late summer 2006, UMD movies have seen mediocre, but consistent sales in North America and Europe.
从2006年末夏以来,除了北美和欧洲市场的销量比较稳定外,UMD电影整体销量表现平平。
■A mediocre successor and a man not to be feared too greatly.
他不过是一个平平庸庸的继承人而已,一个不足以大惊小怪的人物。
■His high school grades were mediocre, transferred schools a hundred times.
他中学成绩一般,转了一百多次学。
■They weren't afraid to fail, or to produce mediocre in order to arrive at excellence.
他们并不害怕失败,或者说平庸是卓越的必经之路。
■They improved the quality from mediocre to above average.
他们把质量从中等偏下水平提高到了平均水平以上。
■Their offence was weak, their teamwork was mediocre for the whole game.
他们的进攻很弱,整个团队的协作非常一般。
■He displayed a mediocre intelligence.
他在学校里智力平庸。
■His work rarely rises above the mediocre.
他工作平平,很少有突出的表现。
■He is mediocre to the last degree, though as obnoxious and self-satisfied as was his father before him.
他平庸到了极点,却跟他的父亲一样自鸣得意,惹人讨厌。
■He is not a mediocre person.
他并非庸人。
■He is mediocre and unambitious and drifts with the tide.
他庸庸碌碌,随波逐流。
■He was in a pitiable condition, very weak, sharing the body of a mediocre wizard.
他当时的处境很可怜,非常虚弱,跟一个平庸的巫师共用一具身体。
■He is a man of something less than mediocre abilities.
他是个才能略低于一般的人。
■He was a mediocre student; his academic records were not excellent, but not bad, either.
他是平凡的学生,成绩不优秀,也不坏。
■His digestion was mediocre, and he had been attacked by a watering in one eye.
他的消化力平常,有一只眼睛常淌泪。
■He was tired, however, and throwing off his clothes, tucked himself in his mediocre bed, and was soon fast asleep.
他究竟是疲倦了,就脱下他的衣服,钻进这粗俗的床里,立即睡熟了。
■He speculates that, if other therapies fail, “maybe all you need is a minor or mediocre effect in order to reduce suicides overall.
他认为如果其他治疗方法不起作用,也许患者所需要的只是通过服用这类疗效一般的抗抑郁药物来降低自杀的风险。
■He says that all the essays are good, but some of them look pretty mediocre to me.
他说这些论文写得都很好,我看有的很一般。
■Any school, college students is similar to the mediocre, mediocre college students do not have the glory.
任何壹个学校,平庸的大学生是相似的,不平庸的大学生各有各的辉煌。
■Any planet in mediocre zodiacal state hasan influence intermediate between that of a benefic and a malefic.
任何黄道状态中庸的星体,其效用介于吉星与凶星之间。
■With so many people to please, the result is often a mediocre morass of compromises.
众口难调,结果常常是平庸的折中主义纠集一处。
■Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
伟大人物总是遭到平庸者的激烈反对。
■Great spirits have alway encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
伟大的心灵总是遭遇来自平凡人的强烈反对。
■However, the societies will also be passionate and myopic, as the characteristics of mediocre bourgeois politics.
但也易于冲动,缺乏远见,造成庸俗的中产阶级政治。
■But today it almost guarantees that exceptional performance goes unrewarded and mediocre work goes unpunished.
但今天它多数情况下能保证的只是出色业绩毫无嘉奖而碌碌无为不受惩罚。
■But Mediocre Man is always just "good enough" to remain employed.
但庸才们总是能做的“足够好”,以至于刚好不会被解雇。
■The most fulfilling thing for me as a manager is to watch someone the system has labeled as just average or mediocre really come into his own.
作为一个经理人员,我最得意的事情是看到被称为中等或平庸才能的人受到赏识。
■You do not want to end this life mediocre and unambitiously, yearn for reputation, fortune and influence.
你不想庸庸碌碌地了此一生,渴望声名、财富和权力。
■You are glorifying a rather mediocre building.
你正在美化一栋普普通通的建筑。
■If one can work in a active and struggling spirit everywhere, he can increase his authority and fortune in the most mediocre career.
倘若能处处以主动、努力的精神来工作,那么即使在最平庸的职业中,也能增加他的权威和财富。
■If his work be merely mediocre, he will be left severely alone-if he achieve a masterpiece, it will set a million tongues a-waggling.
假如他的工作很平庸,就没有什么人去理会他,如他有了杰作,那就有人喋喋不休地议论他;