mediocrity

英 [ˌmiːdi'ɒkrəti] 美 [ˌmiːdi'ɑːkrəti]

• n. 平常；平庸之才

英英释义

Noun:

1. ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding

2. a person of second-rate ability or value;

   "a team of aging second-raters"
   "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It's the difference between success and mediocrity.
   这就是成功和平凡的区别。
2. You'll wind up a rich mediocrity.
   你最后会成为富有的庸才。

经典引文

• There are certain things..beside which even distinguished, searching, passionate novels pale to mediocrity.

  出自： D. Parker

近反义词

【近义词】

• nothing 没有什么
• unevenness 不平坦
• patchiness 补缀的性质
• poorness 贫穷
• weakness 软弱
• commonplace 平凡的
• second-rater 二流货
• averageness average的名词形式...