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Mediocrity Refer 英[ˌmi:Diˈɒkrəti 美[ˌmidiˈɑkrəti N.平庸,平凡;庸人;平平常常的才能 N Uncount 平庸;平凡;普通 Average

单词 mediocrity
音标
英[ˌmi:diˈɒkrəti] 美[ˌmidiˈɑkrəti]
解释
n.平庸,平凡;庸人;平平常常的才能;
例句

N-UNCOUNT
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.
例:...the mediocrity of most contemporary literature...大多数当代文学作品的平庸
例:Fashion today is sloppy mediocrity.如今的时尚品位低下,平庸无奇。

N-COUNT
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.
例: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。
变形
pl:mediocrities~

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