mediocrity

• n. 平庸之才；平常

来自mediocre,普通的，平庸的。

1. ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding

2. a person of second-rate ability or value;

"a team of aging second-raters"

"shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him"

mediocrity (n.)

early 15c., "moderation; intermediate state or amount," from Middle French médiocrité and directly from Latin mediocritatem (nominative mediocritas) "a middle state, middling condition, medium," from mediocris (see mediocre). Neutral at first; disparaging sense began to predominate from late 16c. The meaning "person of mediocre abilities or attainments" is from 1690s. Before the tinge of disparagement crept in, another name for the Golden Mean was golden mediocrity.

His acting career started brilliantly, then sank into mediocrity.

他的演艺生涯开场时轰轰烈烈，然后就变得庸庸碌碌。

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a brilliant leader, surrounded by mediocrities

周围全是些庸才的杰出领导

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...the mediocrity of most contemporary literature...

大多数当代文学作品的平庸

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Fashion today is sloppy mediocrity.

如今的时尚品位低下，平庸无奇。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Surrounded by mediocrities, he can seem a towering intellectual.

在周围一群泛泛之辈的衬托之下，他就像一个鹤立鸡群的智者。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Be intolerant of mediocrity and the status quo.

开拓创新,锐意进取.

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Lapse into bad habits; a team that lapsed into mediocrity halfway through the season.

沾染坏习惯; 在一赛季中途变成表现平庸的球队.

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There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It'spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

热情有一种真正的魔力, 它能区分开平庸与成功.

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Doesn't tolerate mediocrity, sets aggressive goals for self and team and communicates clearly to team.

不满足于一般的绩效水平, 为个人和团队设置有挑战的目标,同时清晰地传达给下属.

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The first sign that you're successfully breaking out of mediocrity is feeling unwarranted fear.

当你成功摆脱平庸的第一个符号就是感到无端的恐惧.

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You'll wind up a rich mediocrity.

你最后会成为富有的庸才.

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The transformation of mediocrity into genius through transmutation.

三、借着转变,化庸才为天才.

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That's why experienced mediocrity almost always trumps talent every time.

这就是为何老练的平庸几乎每每胜过才华.

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Thus mediocrity triumphs with the excuse of restrictions imposed by democracy.

结果,平庸之辈靠着被民主强加的束缚而获得胜利.

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Alfred : Do you know what lies at the bottom of the mainstream? Mediocrity.

阿尔弗雷德: 你知道在主流下面是什么 吗 ?平庸之辈.

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Or, more likely, these people are going to conform and fall into comfortable mediocrity.

或许, 更可能是他们被同化, 尔后迷上舒适却平庸的生活.

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Pain pulls us out of mediocrity; desire drives us toward excellence.

痛苦让我告别平庸, 渴望带我奔向辉煌.

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Caricature is the tribute that mediocrity pays to genius.

笨拙的模仿,是凡人对天才呈献的赞词.

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After all, the alternative is mid table mediocrity and watching others challenge for the precious trophies.

究竟, 另一选择是平庸地处于联赛榜中游,并看着其他人挑战那些贵重的锦标.

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Thomas Wolfe is not a mediocrity.

托马斯·沃尔夫却非平庸之辈.

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His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.

他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇.

《简明英汉词典》

Without enthusiasm am doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it I can accomplish miracles.

没有热情,我注定要在平庸中渡过平生;而有了热情,我将创造奇迹.

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We're waging war on the status quo, mediocrity, and the passive act of sleepwalking through life.

我们是在发动对安于现状 、 平庸及在生活中处于梦游般被动行为的战争.

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In this Gibraltar of propriety , mediocrity gets intrenched and consolidated and founded in adamant.

平庸笼罩在礼数的厚重外衣下,被人们固守,强化,奉为不可动摇的准则.

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Generation of a mediocrity, a? any reason for any leisure or seclusion?

一个平庸之辈, 一个 凡夫俗子,那有隐居的闲情逸致?

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Moreover, the structure of the country's bureaucracy stifles initiative and promotes mediocrity.

另外, 中国的官僚结构抑制了首创精神,促使人平庸无所作为.

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After eighteen years of mediocrity, I was pretty used to being average.

十八年平平淡淡的生活让我习惯于做个一般人.

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Until that happens you will wallow in mediocrity.

等到那个时候你将会变得平庸.

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It is the vital second front in the battle against creative mediocrity.

因为这是在反对创意匮乏的战役中重要的第二战线.

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That's a crime, considering the mediocrity of some of the movies that were nominated.

这是一种犯罪, 看看被题名的那些平庸之作.

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