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mediocre

/mee-dee-oh-ker/US // ˌmi diˈoʊ kər //UK // (ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə, ˈmiːdɪˌəʊkə) //

平平淡淡,平凡的,平庸的,平庸

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive.
    • : not satisfactory; poor; inferior: Mediocre construction makes that building dangerous.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.average, commonplace
Synonyms
decent合适的,像样的,体面的,正经的dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的inferior劣质,劣质的,劣势,低级middling中等水平,中等,中等水平的,中等规模ordinary普通,普通的,寻常,一般second-rate二流的,二等品,二流,二等奖so-so一般般,一般,马马虎虎,一般吧undistinguished无特色的,无特色,无名,无名的uninspired毫无新意,毫无灵感,没有灵感,没有灵感的characterless无特征,无特色,无性格,无特征的colorless无色,无色的,无彩色,无色彩common常见的,普通,共同,共同的conventional常规的,传统的,常规,传统fair公平,公正,公平的,公正的fair to middling一般到中等水平,一般至中等水平,普通到中等水平,一般到中等fairish白皙的,白皙,公平,公平的humdrum烦闷,低调,俗气,烦人indifferent无动于衷,漠不关心,漠不关心的,无动于衷的insignificant不重要的,无足轻重,无关紧要,微不足道的intermediate中级,中级的,中级阶段,中级别的mainstream主流,主流的,主流媒体,主流社会mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是medium介质,媒介,中型,中等moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的no great shakes没有什么了不起的,没有什么大不了的,没有什么大的影响of poor quality质量差的,劣质的,质量差,质量低劣的passable合格的,合格,可通,可通的pedestrian行人,人行道,人行,人工run-of-the-mill普通的,平庸的,常规的,平庸之辈standard标准,标准的tolerable可容忍的,可忍受的,可接受的,可容忍unexceptional不平凡,平平无奇,平凡的,不寻常vanilla香草,香草园,香草花,香草糖

Examples

  • It also doesn’t help that the characters are mediocre at best, with only Sadness — a troubled spirit Marianne tries to help throughout her journey — inspiring a small measure of interest as the two gain one another’s trust.

  • There at the Capitol lies the worst of us, as well as our mediocre selves.

  • It means that even small or mediocre projects have their value, because they give creators experience, and maybe a paycheck, so they can stick around and work another day.

  • People began throwing together mediocre content, inserting as many links into it as possible, and shopping it around to any website that would publish it.

  • Results might have been challenged if a team with the 11th to 16th best record in the sport — such mediocre clubs have never been allowed in October before — had somehow gotten hot and grabbed a crown.

  • To call them mediocre, uninspiring, and stale would be overly generous.

  • Jeremy Lin exploded onto the stage as the breakout star of one in a long line of mediocre New York Knicks seasons in 2011-12.

  • He also took cobbling lessons, eventually becoming good enough to do a mediocre job replacing a pair of soles.

  • One will not know until the next round—the quarterfinals—when this mediocre Brazil team will once again flirt with defeat.

  • But it is doggedly, almost deliberately mediocre in every way.

  • Although a capable specialist, as regards general culture and intelligence Ilia Petrovich had only a mediocre equipment.

  • For even an indifferent photographer is in closer harmony with nature than a mediocre poet.'

  • He no longer perceives the defects of his work—does not know that it is mediocre or bad.

  • The resources offered by this country to sportsmen were mediocre in the extreme.

  • Never praise heartily, that is the sign of an intelligence not mediocre.