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mediocrity n.平常；平庸之才 (1) 这就是成功和平凡的区别。(2) 你最后会成为富有的庸才。 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.

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英 [ˌmiːdi'ɒkrəti] 美 [ˌmiːdi'ɑːkrəti] (1) It's the difference between success and mediocrity.(2) You'll wind up a rich mediocrity. 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. 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	英 [ˌmiːdi'ɒkrəti] 美 [ˌmiːdi'ɑːkrəti]
中文释义	n.平常；平庸之才
英语例句	(1) It's the difference between success and mediocrity. (2) You'll wind up a rich mediocrity.
中文例句	(1) 这就是成功和平凡的区别。 (2) 你最后会成为富有的庸才。
vocabulary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.
vocabulary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.
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。

Mediocrity Success Quality Average Refer [Disapproval 英 ˌmiːdi'ɒkrəti] 美