词语屋>英语词典>second-rate翻译和用法

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

    • 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!