second-rate
英 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]
美 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]
adj. 二流的; 平庸的; 普通的
Collins.1
牛津词典
adj.
- 二流的;平庸的;普通的
not very good or impressive- a second-rate player
平庸的运动员
- a second-rate player
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.- ...second-rate restaurants.
二流餐馆 - ...another second-rate politician.
另一名二流政客
- ...second-rate restaurants.
英英释义
adj
- moderate to inferior in quality
- they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
双语例句
- 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。 - Maybe you got to settle for a second-rate job.
或许你开始满足于一个二流的工作。 - Second-rate artists will dig in the old mines, but only first-rate artists can get something out of the new mine.
第二流的艺术家将在旧宝藏中发掘,唯有第一流的艺术家才能由新宝藏中得到一些东西。 - Viewers will have to make do with tired re-runs and second-rate movies
电视观众只能将就着看一下已经看厌了的重播节目和二流电影。 - Compared with civil and political rights, economic, social, and cultural rights have some differences, but we should not treat them as "the second-rate rights", and they are as well as the basic tights that civil mankind enjoy.
摘要虽然经济、社会和文化权利与公民权利和政治权利相比具有一些不同的特点,但前者并非“二等权利”,也是文明人类所享有的基本权利。 - His novels are very second-rate.
他写的小说很不怎麽样。 - But don't get the idea that any place that is called a nursery school is wonderful, for some of them are second-rate and just use the name because it's popular.
不要以为有个叫幼儿园的地方就好,因为它们之中有些是二流货色,使用那个名字只是因为它流行。 - As a director, he's second-rate at best.
作为一名导演,他至多属于二流。 - I think guilt is a second-rate emotion.
我认为内疚是情感中的次等品。 - That book is only second-rate.
那本书只是二流作品。