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
  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

• 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 think you're second-rate and there's nothing you can do.
  你觉得你自己只是个二流的货色，而且你永远不可能成为一流的。
• I think guilt is a second-rate emotion.
  我认为内疚是情感中的次等品。
• He never aimed at mere effect, and had none of the little tricks and pretensions of second-rate reputations.
  他从不追求单纯的成功，毫无享有第二流声望的那种人的花俏与做作。
• 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。
• In many countries and regions, women there continue to be regarded as second-rate citizens.
  许多国家和地区的妇女仍然被视为二等公民。
• But adoption is not second-rate!
  可是，被收养的儿女绝非次等的！
• We bought it in a second-rate department store.
  我们在一家二流的百货店买下它的。
• 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。
• 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。