middling

英 [ˈmɪdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈmɪdlɪŋ]

adj.  (大小、品质、地位等)中间的，普通的，中等的

现在分词：middling　

BNC.24643 / COCA.22722

习惯用语

adj.

fair to middling
• 一般水平；不过不失
  not particularly good or bad

牛津词典

adj.

• （大小、品质、地位等）中间的，普通的，中等的
  of average size, quality, status, etc.
  1. a golfer of middling talent
     能力一般的高尔夫球手

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 中等的;普通的;不好不坏的
  If you describe a quality such as the size of something asmiddling, you mean that it is average.
  1. The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.
     直到1963年，甲壳虫乐队还只是半红不紫。
  2. ...a man of middling height.
     中等身材的男子

英英释义

noun

• any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

adj

• lacking exceptional quality or ability
  1. a novel of average merit
  2. only a fair performance of the sonata
  3. in fair health
  4. the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
  5. the performance was middling at best
  Synonym:averagefairmediocre

adv

• to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
  1. pretty big
  2. pretty bad
  3. jolly decent of him
  4. the shoes are priced reasonably
  5. he is fairly clever with computers
  Synonym:reasonablymoderatelyprettyjollysomewhatfairlypassably

双语例句

• There are a great lot of middling and high-class technician, management and stylist in our company.
  公司拥有一大批中高级技术、管理、设计人才队伍。
• She say she's only middling today.
  她说她今天身体还算好。
• A middling Old World power, how is France to do this?
  作为一个欧洲中等国家，法国要如何恢复其昔日地位呢？
• Between 1993 and 2006, the proportion of jobs with middling pay fell, while high-and low-paid employment rose.
  1993年至2006年期间，中等工资水平的工作所占的比例下降，而高薪和低薪工作的占比都上升了。
• I am worker of a network, the job and business middling involve the application of electronic business affairs.
  我是一名网络工作者，工作和业务中常涉及到电子商务的应用。
• The solution for series problems including middling has perfected the magnetite cationic reverse flotation process by flotation column, opening a wider prospect for the application of this process.
  而中矿等一系列问题的解决，也完善了磁铁矿浮选柱阳离子反浮选工艺，为该工艺的应用开辟了更广阔的前景。
• In addition, Dynasty is faced with the competition from international brand in the middling and high level market.
  另外，王朝公司所在的中高端市场正在面临国际洋品牌的竞争。
• Heart, became almost deprived of his senses and slow, middling and quick motion.
  心，成为多少乎剥夺了他的理智和缓慢，中等和快速的议案。
• It has not been a terrific year for eBay ( eBay), but more of a middling one.
  eBay公司（eBay）今年的光景不算太糟，但更准确地说是马马虎虎。
• Tom, it was middling warm in school, warn't it?
  汤姆，学校里挺热的，对吧？