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third-rate

/thurd-reyt/US // ˈθɜrdˈreɪt //

三流,三流的,三等奖,三等品

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the third rate, quality, or class.
    • : distinctly inferior: a third-rate performance.

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Examples

  • Historically the reelection rate for members of Congress is in the area of 95 percent.

  • The third suspect, an 18-year-old named Hamyd Mourad, who turned himself in, is part of the same extended family.

  • With a mortality rate of 70 percent, the more cases that arise, the deadlier this epidemic becomes.

  • Officials have said the war to reclaim upward of a third of Iraq and a quarter of Syria from ISIS could take years.

  • Third parties in turn quibbled with his accounts, and he was irritated, but not overly so.

  • But the Mexican caballeros had no notion of coming up to the scratch a third time.

  • This was somewhat tiresome; and, after a rather feeble attempt at a third laugh, Davy said, "I don't feel like it any more."

  • It occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!

  • In future years the poor-rate (so-called) will include, in addition to these, all other rates levyable by the Corporation.

  • On the third day after the declaration of his recall, Ripperda took his official leave, and presented his son in his new office.