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mediocrity n.平常,平庸之才 Mediocrity, pronounced "me-dee-AH-crih-tee," has Latin parts that together literally mean "halfway up the mountain." You can see how it still applies — in climbing the mountain — or ladder — of success, mediocrity is in the middle, neither leading the pack nor sprawling on ground, giving up. Such of person of this middle-level of success can also be called a mediocrity. That's a second definition of the word. ★☆☆☆☆ 2000.2

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[mi:di'ɔkrəti] The noun mediocrity means the quality of being average or ordinary. You can't be great at everything — in some areas, we all fall into mediocrity. The grand mediocrity of today—everyone being the same in survival and number of offspring—means that natural selection has lost 80% of its power in upper-middle-class India compared to the tribes. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]平庸；平凡；普通 If you refer to the mediocrity of  something, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better.   [disapproval]...the mediocrity of most contemporary literature...大多数当代文学作品的平庸Fashion today is sloppy mediocrity.如今的时尚品位低下，平庸无奇。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]庸人；平庸之辈 If you refer to someone as a mediocrity, you think that they are not very good at what they do.   [disapproval]Surrounded by mediocrities, he can seem a towering intellectual.在周围一群泛泛之辈的衬托之下，他就像一个鹤立鸡群的智者。

英语单词	mediocrity
英美音标	[mi:di'ɔkrəti]
中文释义	n.平常,平庸之才
vocab简明	The noun mediocrity means the quality of being average or ordinary. You can't be great at everything — in some areas, we all fall into mediocrity.
vocab扩展	Mediocrity, pronounced "me-dee-AH-crih-tee," has Latin parts that together literally mean "halfway up the mountain." You can see how it still applies — in climbing the mountain — or ladder — of success, mediocrity is in the middle, neither leading the pack nor sprawling on ground, giving up. Such of person of this middle-level of success can also be called a mediocrity. That's a second definition of the word.
真题原句	The grand mediocrity of today—everyone being the same in survival and number of offspring—means that natural selection has lost 80% of its power in upper-middle-class India compared to the tribes.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]平庸；平凡；普通 If you refer to the mediocrity of something, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better. [disapproval] ...the mediocrity of most contemporary literature... 大多数当代文学作品的平庸 Fashion today is sloppy mediocrity. 如今的时尚品位低下，平庸无奇。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]庸人；平庸之辈 If you refer to someone as a mediocrity, you think that they are not very good at what they do. [disapproval] Surrounded by mediocrities, he can seem a towering intellectual. 在周围一群泛泛之辈的衬托之下，他就像一个鹤立鸡群的智者。
来源	2000.2

Mediocrity Quality Average Refer [Disapproval Mi:Di'ɔkrəti N.平常,平庸之才 Noun