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
- 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。 - 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。 - His novels are very second-rate.
他写的小说很不怎麽样。 - The problem is that your target market will probably equate low costs with poor quality and a second-rate brand.
问题是你目标市场的客人们,或许会把低价产品等同于劣质产品和次等品牌。 - 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; - As a director, he's second-rate at best.
作为一名导演,他至多属于二流。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - But adoption is not second-rate!
可是,被收养的儿女绝非次等的!