second-rate
second-rate 英 [ˈsekəndreit] 美 [ˌsɛkəndˈret]
adj. 二流的；二等的；平庸的
名词复数:second-rates
- Something that's not well-made or high quality is second-rate. If you buy a cheap second-rate car, you may end up spending a lot on repairs instead.
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- adj. 二流的；二等的；平庸的
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1. This is a second-rate novel, because the readers' interest lags when the plot develops.
这是本二流小说，因为当情节发展时读者的兴趣却在减弱。
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2. But the cartoonist is making a pun here, as bush league is also "Bush league", second-rate because it comes from people with minds like that of President George W. Bush.
但是漫画家在此用的是双关语，因为灌木球联就是“布什球联”——一个二流的球联，因为它的人员组成都是头脑像布什总统那样的人。
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3. He wooed her with expensive gifts and sponsored her through Chica Med, a second-rate beauty pageant organizers concede was viewed as a cattle market by gangsters looking for new girls.
万利拉向尤雅娜求爱，用贵重的礼品来打动她的芳心，还赞助她参加了一个二流的选美比赛。 组织者们承认，黑帮们把这个比赛看作寻觅新女孩的牲畜市场。
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