mediocre

• adj. 普通的；平凡的；中等的

来自拉丁语mediocris,半山腰，中等的，普通的，来自medius,中间的，词源同middle,ocris,山峰，锯齿状高山，词源同acrobat,acrid.后词义进一步贬义化，形容平庸的，差劲的。比较其同源词mean.

1. moderate to inferior in quality;

"they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

"he would make a poor spy"

2. of no exceptional quality or ability;

"a novel of average merit"

"only a fair performance of the sonata"

"in fair health"

"the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"

"the performance was middling at best"

3. poor to middling in quality;

"there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"

mediocre

mediocre: [16] Etymologically, mediocre means ‘halfway up a mountain’. It comes from Latin mediocris ‘of middle height, in a middle state’, which was formed from medius ‘middle’ (source of English medium) and ocris ‘rough stony mountain’.
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mediocre (adj.)

1580s, from Middle French médiocre (16c.), from Latin mediocris "of middling height or state, moderate, ordinary," figuratively "mediocre, mean, inferior," originally "halfway up a mountain," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + ocris "jagged mountain" (cognate with Greek okris "peak, point," Welsh ochr "corner, border," Latin acer "sharp;" see acrid). As a noun, "medicore thing or person," by 1834.

a mediocre musician/talent/performance

平庸的音乐家 / 才能 / 表演

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I thought the play was only mediocre.

我认为这部戏剧只是平庸之作。

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His school record was mediocre.

他在学校成绩平平。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...mediocre music.

不尽如人意的音乐

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I think of myself a mediocre writer.

我认为我自己只是个普通的写作者.

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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.

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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.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

I haveground out some verses , which, I'm afraid, are too mediocre to appear in your publication.

我搜索枯肠做了几句诗, 恐怕过于平淡,不配在你们刊物上发表.

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Good results combined with mediocre training usually indicate untapped potential.

好的结果结合平庸的训练通常表示潜能并未被开发.

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You are glorifying a rather mediocre building.

你正在美化一栋普普通通的建筑.

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Any planet in mediocre zodiacal state 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.

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Born mediocre and unambitious , I have always been endowed with great things.

我生而庸碌, 上天却总是赐予我美好的东西.

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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence.

在智力平平的人身上,勤奋也能起到巨大的作用.

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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.

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Nuggest implode due to injury or personality. Losing Camby would make them mediocre.

掘金内乱由于伤病或者性格. 失去坎比会让他们变的平庸.

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Students shouldn't spend much time reading mediocre paperbacks.

学生不应花大量的时间读拙劣的平装书.

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About medical respect ( dermatological department ) mediocre person does not flinch!

关于医学方面 ( 皮肤科 ) 庸人勿挠!

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Third, why is it that it looks rich wife mediocre?

第三, 为什么有些富豪的妻子看起来相貌平平?

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I have ground out some verses , which, I'm afraid, are too mediocre to appear in your publication.

我搜索枯肠做了几句诗, 恐怕过于平淡,不配在你们刊物上发表.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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.

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That foursome alone should make Arizona very competitive in the mediocre National League West.

这个四人组合将会让亚利桑纳在平凡的国家联盟西区非常具有竞争力.

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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.

教父部分

This leads to mediocre training, fitness, and performance.

这将导致平庸的训练, 体能和成绩.

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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.

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I don't like that new restaurant 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.

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The student tried hard, but his work is mediocre.

该生学习刻苦, 但学业平庸.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The critics condemned the play as mediocre.

评论家谴责那出戏为低劣产物.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

His school record was mediocre.

他在学校成绩平平。

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