middling

adj.

1. （大小、品质、地位等）中间的，普通的，中等的
   of average size, quality, status, etc.
   1. a golfer of middling talent
      能力一般的高尔夫球手

1. ADJ 中等的;普通的;不好不坏的
   If you describe a quality such as the size of something as middling, you mean that it is average.
   1. The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.
      直到1963年，甲壳虫乐队还只是半红不紫。
   2. ...a man of middling height.
      中等身材的男子

1. The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.
   直到1963年，甲壳虫乐队还只是半红不紫。
2. She say she's only middling today.
   她说她今天身体还算好。
3. The overall result: a middling, single-digit sales growth rate.
   两者综合起来的结果是：公司销售额只有凑合的个位数增长。
4. It has not been a terrific year for eBay ( eBay), but more of a middling one.
   eBay公司（eBay）今年的光景不算太糟，但更准确地说是马马虎虎。
5. To be sure, the U.S. is not among the worst-performing developed nations, but is in a position researchers have called middling. Analysts also point out that U.S. scores on the 2009 international exams did generally improve over 2006.
   可以肯定的是，美国不是发达国家中表现最差的，但是处在一个研究人员称为中等的位置上，分析人士也指出，美国2009年国际考试成绩比2006年确实有普遍改善。
6. So you're going to paris? How's your french? Oh, fair to middling.
   这么说你打算去巴黎了？你的法语怎样？哦，还马马虎虎吧。
7. A middling Old World power, how is France to do this?
   作为一个欧洲中等国家，法国要如何恢复其昔日地位呢？
8. The results show the collectivity satisfaction degree score is0.331, which belongs to superior middling.
   结果表明，当前昌吉地区村民对村干部的总体满意度得分为0.331，处于中等偏上水平；
9. The results showed that the prune degree is of the upright effects in the florescence control and flowers increasing, which are integrating with the mass prune, middling prune and bit prune.
   试验结果表明：修剪强度对月季花期调控和增加花量具有较大的效应，采用强修剪、中度修剪和弱修剪相结合的修剪方式有利于调控花期；
10. Study on the Mechanism of Selective Classification, Regrinding and Flotation of Flotation Middling
    浮选中矿选择性分级再磨浮选机理研究
11. The "middling sort" bought goods and services because they wanted to follow fashions set by the rich.
    “中产阶级”购买优质商品和服务，是因为他们想追随由富人建立的消费时尚。
12. I was middling well till I see you, young fellow, said the old woman.
    “不看见你我倒是挺好的，小伙子。”老妪说道。
13. Newspaper, magazine reading in mensal edge is thing of life middling some.
    在餐桌边看报纸、杂志是生活中常有的事情。
14. The solution for series problems including middling has perfected the magnetite cationic reverse flotation process by flotation column, opening a wider prospect for the application of this process.
    而中矿等一系列问题的解决，也完善了磁铁矿浮选柱阳离子反浮选工艺，为该工艺的应用开辟了更广阔的前景。
15. He was never more than a fair to middling student.
    他只是一个马马虎虎、混得过去的学生。
16. The paper raises an idea about building small section subway in middling city of our country, and discusses primarily the building cost, building technique and vehicle equipment, etc.
    本文提出了在我国中等城市修建小断面地铁的设想，并就造价、施工技术及车辆设备等有关因素作了初步探讨。
17. From the infrastructure, our country's cities are middling and hold definite base to compete.
    从基础设施看，我国城市居中等水平，具有一定的竞争基础。
18. Tom, it was middling warm in school, warn't it?
    汤姆，学校里挺热的，对吧？
19. That shows in middling jobs and wages.
    这一点在中等技术工作和中等工资中得到了体现。
20. Researching on Art's Course in Middling Speciality Preschool Normal School in Pingdingshan Area of Henan Province
    河南省平顶山地区中等专业幼儿师范学校美术课程研究
21. Most people return small favours, acknowledge middling ones, and repay great ones with ingratitude.
    许多人对小恩小惠给予回报，对一般的恩惠则表示感谢，但对大恩大德却忘恩负义。
22. Poor to middling in quality.
    品质介于差和中等之间的。
23. Heart, became almost deprived of his senses and slow, middling and quick motion.
    心，成为多少乎剥夺了他的理智和缓慢，中等和快速的议案。
24. There are a great lot of middling and high-class technician, management and stylist in our company.
    公司拥有一大批中高级技术、管理、设计人才队伍。
25. Between 1993 and 2006, the proportion of jobs with middling pay fell, while high-and low-paid employment rose.
    1993年至2006年期间，中等工资水平的工作所占的比例下降，而高薪和低薪工作的占比都上升了。
26. Effects of different NPK proportion on growth, yield and quality of Wuta-cai in middling soil fertility were studied.
    研究了在中等土壤肥力水平下不同NPK配比对乌塌菜生长及产量品、质的影响。
27. Gave a middling performance at best.
    尽力给予中等程度的表演。
28. I am worker of a network, the job and business middling involve the application of electronic business affairs.
    我是一名网络工作者，工作和业务中常涉及到电子商务的应用。
29. The meal is fair to middling.
    这餐饭菜还算过得去。
30. In addition, Dynasty is faced with the competition from international brand in the middling and high level market.
    另外，王朝公司所在的中高端市场正在面临国际洋品牌的竞争。

adj.

fair to middling

• 一般水平；不过不失
  not particularly good or bad

noun

1. any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

adj

1. 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:    averagefairmediocre

adv

1. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
   1. pretty big
   2. pretty bad
   3. jolly decent of him
   4. the shoes are priced reasonably
   5. he is fairly clever with computers

   Synonym:    reasonablymoderatelyprettyjollysomewhatfairlypassably