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单词 middling
释义
middling
adjective
informal
uk
/ˈmɪd.əl.ɪŋ/us
/ˈmɪd.əl.ɪŋ/
mediumoraverage; neither very goodnorverybad:
中等的；二流的；普通的，一般的
a man of about middlingheight中等身材的男子
a middlingperformance二流的表演
Synonyms
average
fair
mediocredisapproving
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
good enough but not excellent
  • acceptableYour essay was acceptable, but I think you could have done better.
  • reasonableThey have a reasonable chance of winning.
  • adequateThe law provides adequate compensation for robbery victims.
  • passableI speak passable Spanish.
  • will doIt's not perfect, but it'll do.
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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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(Definition ofmiddlingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

middling| American Dictionary

middling
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈmɪd·lɪŋ/
mediumoraverage; neither very goodnorverybad:
a middlingamount
(Definition ofmiddlingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmiddling

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The substantial andmiddlingtenants at this time would have held on long leases, typically of 11 or 19 years.
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His description of 'middling' values is highly prescriptive, static, and defined against aspects of social mobility that he regards as inimical to these values.
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Themiddlingsorts were keen consumers of publicly performed music as well as avid makers of music in their homes.
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In simple numbers they constituted the largest group within themiddlingsort, responsible for nearly half the inventories.
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Their religion may also have made it possible for them (and themiddlingsort) to allow those below them a more active role.
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The master-servant divide allegedly widened over the course of the eighteenth century, trickling down from the nobility to themiddlingsorts.
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In response, they exaggerated and denounced the new styles visible among urban servants, apprentices andmiddlingfolk.
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We speculate that it was this consumer-consciousmiddlingsort which promoted urban change.
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It also contrasts strongly with the life experiences of many 'middling' autobiographers.
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Even before they becamemiddlingin status there were signs of greater possibilities already manifest in these two individuals because of their social vigour.
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Among themiddlingofficers, the intensity of their large inner circles was clearly lower at a median of 2.9 interactions per network member.
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It was the hard-working, entrepreneurial, charitablemiddlingtownsman, and his equally diligent wife; the characters who now, quite self-consciously, occupied this typical urban middling order.
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Here blasphemy becomes the development and reformation of manners which occurs at the behest of secular authorities and processes ofmiddlingsort class formation.
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Undoubtedly, as this notion of metropolitan gentility evolved so did other ' provincial ' notions of 'middling' decency and respectability.
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This garment illustrates items of popular fashion, as worn bymiddlingand labouring women.
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