second-rate

英 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]

美 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]

adj.  二流的; 平庸的; 普通的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 二流的；平庸的；普通的
  not very good or impressive
  1. a second-rate player
     平庸的运动员

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 二流的;二等的;劣质的
  If you describe something assecond-rate, you mean that it is of poor quality.
  1. ...second-rate restaurants.
     二流餐馆
  2. ...another second-rate politician.
     另一名二流政客

英英释义

adj

• moderate to inferior in quality
  1. they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
  Synonym:mediocre

双语例句

• That book is only second-rate.
  那本书只是二流作品。
• Second-rate artists will dig in the old mines, but only first-rate artists can get something out of the new mine.
  第二流的艺术家将在旧宝藏中发掘，唯有第一流的艺术家才能由新宝藏中得到一些东西。
• Application of Dual Flow Rate ( No Build-up) Test Technique She is at best a second-rate singer.
  二流量（不关井）测试技术应用研究她充其量是个二流歌手。
• His novels are very second-rate.
  他写的小说很不怎麽样。
• As a director, he's second-rate at best.
  作为一名导演，他至多属于二流。
• Our technology is strong, but American public schools are second-rate in math and science.
  我们的技术很强大，但是美国的公众学校在数学和科技上只属于二流水平。
• We keep our first-rate people to business, leaving the second-rate people to politics.
  我们把一流人才留下来经商，让二流人才到政界发展。
• Bill Clinton's school-to-work initiative, a nod to the apprenticeship system, was derided as second-rate education.
  比尔克林顿首创的“从学校到工作岗位”是向学徒制体系致意，当初被人耻笑为二流的教育体系。
• Maybe you got to settle for a second-rate job.
  或许你开始满足于一个二流的工作。
• The hysteresis of education let UK be the second-rate country politically and militarily in the world.
  英国在教育上的滞后也使英国在政治和军事上成了充当二流国家的角色。