second-rate

• adj. 二流的；二等的；二级的；平凡的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. moderate to inferior in quality;

   "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
   

经典引文

• The play was second-rate and provincial.

  出自： O. Wilde

• Not very good books..but good of a second-rate kind.

  出自： A. Thirkell

• Greek literature is the real thing and Latin a second-rate imitation.

  出自： E. Wilson

• 'Luke couldn't make that sort of high grade. He was born second rate.'

  出自： N. Bawden

词汇搭配

• second rate 二等的

近反义词

【近义词】

• unsatisfactory 不能令人满意的...
• mediocre 平庸的
• inadequate 不适当的
• poor 可怜的
• below standard 不合格的,标准以下的...
• cheap 便宜的
• tawdry 廉价而俗丽的...
• tacky 发粘的
• second class 二等