second-rate

英 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]

美 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]

adj.  二流的; 平庸的; 普通的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 二流的；平庸的；普通的
  not very good or impressive
  1. a second-rate player
     平庸的运动员

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 二流的;二等的;劣质的
  If you describe something assecond-rate, you mean that it is of poor quality.
  1. ...second-rate restaurants.
     二流餐馆
  2. ...another second-rate politician.
     另一名二流政客

英英释义

adj

• moderate to inferior in quality
  1. they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
  Synonym:mediocre

双语例句

• Bill Clinton's school-to-work initiative, a nod to the apprenticeship system, was derided as second-rate education.
  比尔克林顿首创的“从学校到工作岗位”是向学徒制体系致意，当初被人耻笑为二流的教育体系。
• Yes, there are tens of thousands of places to buy second-rate pork buns and wontons in any town you might happen to be in, from Lima, Peru, to Lima, Ohio.
  诚然，在世界任何一个地方，从秘鲁首都利马市到美国俄亥俄州的利马市，你都可以找到中国餐馆，买到猪肉包子和馄饨这样的便宜小吃；
• We keep our first-rate people to business, leaving the second-rate people to politics.
  我们把一流人才留下来经商，让二流人才到政界发展。
• Of lesser quality than second-rate.
  质量上比二等还要差的。
• His works are second-rate productions, alongside those of some of his contemporaries.
  他的作品跟他同时代一些人比起来，只算得二流的作品。
• Our technology is strong, but American public schools are second-rate in math and science.
  我们的技术很强大，但是美国的公众学校在数学和科技上只属于二流水平。
• You cannot expect a good response to an advertisement if you place it in a second-rate magazine.
  如果你在第二流的杂志上刊登广告，你别想收到好的效果。
• Application of Dual Flow Rate ( No Build-up) Test Technique She is at best a second-rate singer.
  二流量（不关井）测试技术应用研究她充其量是个二流歌手。
• His novels are very second-rate.
  他写的小说很不怎麽样。
• That is why the television networks keep serving up old movies and second-rate variety programmes.
  这就是为什么电视台一直播送旧电影和二流杂耍等老一套节目的原因。