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单词 mediocrity
释义
mediocrity
noun
uk
/ˌmiː.diˈɒk.rə.ti/us
/ˌmiː.diˈɑː.krə.t̬i/
C2[U]
thequalityof being not very good:
平庸
Agoaljust beforehalf-timerescuedthematchfrom mediocrity.就在半场结束前的一记进球使这场比赛没有流于平庸。
[C]
apersonthat is not very good at something or not very good at anything inparticular, or something that is not very good:
平庸之人
Thesepeopleare just mediocrities.这些人只是平庸之辈。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Quite good, or not very good
  • acceptable
  • adequacy
  • adequate
  • adequately
  • agreeable
  • fair
  • iffy
  • impure
  • indifferent
  • indifferently
  • kind
  • pass
  • patchy
  • raggedly
  • raggedness
  • reasonable
  • refined
  • rose
  • rough
  • scratch
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People of little importance
(Definition ofmediocrityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmediocrity

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He rendered the utmost service in destroying the exaggerated reputations of the mediocrities of his time, but his judgment was sometimes at fault.
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Now we are ruled over by mediocrities.
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In my opinion, they are corrupted by their ownmediocrity.
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Everyone knows thatmediocrityis far more costly, in the long term, than quality.
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In other words, you have rejected responsibility in favour of solidarity, and you have dismissed solidarity in favour of greed,mediocrityand accounting.
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Surely it is not the standardisation ofmediocritybut the inequality of individuality which makes for progress.
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We are making certain of an age ofmediocrity.
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The fear of a controlled and a uniformmediocritymust be removed.
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Is all this to be allowed to founder in a slough of impoverishedmediocrity?
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Institutions which do not change their structure as they grow run obvious risks of loss of personal contacts and massmediocrity.
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Democracy has too often meant the triumph of mass thinking, mass behaviour and a rather dull level ofmediocrity.
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Students from many continental countries come here to escapemediocrityat home.
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At the moment it gives too high a premium for mere numbers andmediocrity.
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Although consensus politics was inherent in it, "in reality this degenerates into compromise andmediocrity".
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When they have reachedmediocrityin a competitive age, they have had to do something about it or go out of business.
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