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单词 mediocrity
释义
mediocrity
mdiɒkrɪti med- ˌmidiˈɑkrəti
Word forms: plural mediocrities
1 N-UNCOUNT 平庸;平凡;普通 If you refer to the mediocrity of something, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better. 平庸;平凡;普通 [disapproval]
  • ...the mediocrity of most contemporary literature.

    大多数当代文学作品的平庸

  • Fashion today is sloppy mediocrity.

    如今的时尚品位低下,平庸无奇。

SYN insignificance, indifference, inferiority, meanness
2 N-COUNT 庸人;平庸之辈 If you refer to someone as a mediocrity, you think that they are not very good at what they do. 庸人;平庸之辈 [disapproval]
  • 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。

SYN nonentity, nobody, lightweight [informal] , second-rater
Quotations
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Valley of Fear
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