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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Contemptibly low in worth or account; second-rate. Passenger traffic has gone up by 20 per cent.
  微不足道的；二流的在价值或数量上低的；二流的客流量已增长百分之二十。
• 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。
• I think guilt is a second-rate emotion.
  我认为内疚是情感中的次等品。
• She's just a second-rate hack.
  她只是个二流的记者。
• 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。
• 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。
• The hysteresis of education let UK be the second-rate country politically and militarily in the world.
  英国在教育上的滞后也使英国在政治和军事上成了充当二流国家的角色。