mediocre

adj.

1. 平庸的；普通的；平常的
   not very good; of only average standard
   1. a mediocre musician/talent/performance
      平庸的音乐家 / 才能 / 表演
   2. I thought the play was only mediocre.
      我认为这部戏剧只是平庸之作。

1. ADJ-GRADED （事物）普通的，平庸的，一般的
   If you describe something as mediocre, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better.
   1. His school record was mediocre.
      他在学校成绩平平。
   2. ...mediocre music.
      不尽如人意的音乐

1. How can we produce top-class engineers when universities are constrained to offer salaries that can only attract mediocre staff?
   大学的财力有限，提供的薪酬仅能吸引水平一般的教师，在这种情况下，我们如何能培养出一流的工程师？
2. His school record was mediocre.
   他在学校成绩平平。
3. Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre
   弗吉尼娅是个完美主义者，她根本不愿意拿任何普普通通毫无特色的东西将就。
4. Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.
   只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。
5. Your bodies and names will perish, but the river will flow on for ever--the names of mediocre writers will be forgottern, but those of the great masters will live.
   尔曹身与名俱灭，不废江河万古流。
6. I have ground out some verses, which, I'm afraid, are too mediocre to appear in your publication.
   我搜索枯肠做了几句诗，恐怕过于平淡，不配在你们刊物上发表。
7. We have often heard such words as "very average"," thoroughly mediocre", and" very corrupt ".
   我们常常听到人们用“很一般”、“庸庸碌碌”和“腐败透顶”这些词。
8. The ability to overcome failure is one big difference between successful and mediocre people.
   成功人士和平庸的人的区别就在于他们战胜失败的能力。
9. This leads to mediocre training, fitness, and performance.
   这将导致平庸的训练，体能和成绩。
10. I find that individuals who adopt this creed tend to enjoy mediocre business careers.
    我发现，遵循这一信条的个人往往事业都很平庸。
11. Two of them were compared the art wedding, but others are very mediocre.
    其中有两个是比较艺术的婚礼，但是其他的都是很平庸的。
12. You are glorifying a rather mediocre building.
    你正在美化一栋普普通通的建筑。
13. That is why many mediocre employees survive violent corporate upheavals while people of great talent are being laid off.
    这就是为什么许多平平庸庸的公司雇员在大调整中保住了位置，而有才能的人反到下岗。
14. I'm not OK with a mediocre job!
    我讨厌我做的那些平庸的事情！
15. In this respect, mediocre bitches must be avoided in the breeding programs.
    在这方面，普通的母狗必须要在繁殖过程中避免。
16. Rockstar programmers understand what they are doing far, far better than average or mediocre programmers.
    超级程序员跟那些平庸的、一般的程序员比起来，对自己要做的事情的理解要深的多的多。
17. We accept mediocre things in the society in all walks.
    在社会中的各个方面我们接受普普通通的事物。
18. He was a mediocre student; his academic records were not excellent, but not bad, either.
    他是平凡的学生，成绩不优秀，也不坏。
19. Yet even a mediocre country can acquire dubious allies.
    不过，即使是普通的国家也会有一些暧昧的盟友。
20. He spent much of his time reading mediocre paperbacks.
    他花了许多时间阅读内容平庸的简装书。
21. She is just a very ordinary singer, her singing techniques and style are very mediocre.
    她是个非常平凡的歌手；她的歌唱技巧和风格都非常平庸而已。
22. Some students even though the University, but the work is contribution of mediocre;
    有的中学生虽然上了大学，但在工作岗位上却贡献平平；
23. In Kasbeam, a very old barber gave me a very mediocre haircut.
    在加斯比姆，一个很老的理发师给我剪了个很难看的发型。
24. Right there, that's the difference between a mediocre company and a great company.
    一个普普通通的公司和一个干得很出色的公司的区别就在于此。
25. There have been good and mediocre and bad artists.
    艺术家分好的、平庸的、差的。
26. Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
    有时我会担心在平庸的世界里成功。
27. Considerably more attractive, than the mediocre person.
    大家更为有能力的人更有魅力，比那个平庸的人，吸引人得多，对吧？
28. Ordinary but not mediocre.
    平凡而不平庸。
29. Your Putin is mediocre KGB officer-that's all he is and this is how he rules Russia.
    你普京是平庸的克格勃军官&这就是他的全部，这是他统治俄罗斯的规则。
30. I would consider myself a mediocre shooter, although it is difficult to measure without other shooters around.
    我认为自己是个很普通的射手，虽然和周围的其他爱好者比较高下是困难的。

adj

1. poor to middling in quality
   1. there have been good and mediocre and bad artists

2. lacking exceptional quality or ability
   1. a novel of average merit
   2. only a fair performance of the sonata
   3. in fair health
   4. the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
   5. the performance was middling at best

   Synonym:    averagefairmiddling

3. moderate to inferior in quality
   1. they improved the quality from mediocre to above average

   Synonym:    second-rate