mediocre
mediocre 英 [ˌmi:diˈəʊkə(r)] 美 [ˌmidiˈoʊkər]
adj. 普通的；平凡的；中等的
名词复数:mediocres
- Mediocre is an adjective that means "merely adequate" or "of only ordinary quality." A "C" is a mediocre grade for students who are fair to middling.
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- adj. 普通的；平凡的；中等的
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1. If you have mediocre skills, that's strike two.
如果你只有普通的技能，那就是第二个打击。
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2. Tempted as I was by the chocolate-flavored cigarette wrappers, my only purchase was some mediocre pork buns and pastries from the Wonder Bakery.
在奇迹面包店里，尽管被一些巧克力味的外卷烟叶诱惑着，我还是只买了一些普通的猪肉小面包和糕点。
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3. If the competition is even mediocre, it can slow you down.
如果面临的竞争很普通，你可能会因此放慢脚步。
- 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" (from PIE root *medhyo- "middle") + ocris "jagged mountain" (cognate with Greek okris "peak, point," Welsh ochr "corner, border," Latin acer "sharp;" from PIE root *ak- "be sharp, rise (out) to a point, pierce"). As a noun, "mediocre thing or person," by 1834.
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