second-rate

美 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]英 [ˌsekənd ˈreɪt]
  • adj.二流的;普通的;平庸的
second-ratesecond-rate

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

mediocre

second-rate

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    ADJ-GRADED 二流的;二等的;劣质的
    If you describe something as second-rate, you mean that it is of poor quality.

    ...second-rate restaurants.

    二流餐馆

adj

1
moderate to inferior in quality
they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
Synonym: mediocre

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  1. They begrudge paying so much money for a second-rate service .

    花这么多的钱,却得到二流的服务,他们十分不快。

  2. Skate began to appear in print in the US at the end of the nineteenth century , almost simultaneously person , and a second-rate sportsman .

    Skate这个说法19世纪末期初现于美国,多指驽马、刻薄卑鄙的人,或者二流的运动员。

  3. 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。

  4. Test and Evaluation of the Uncertainty of Second-rate Standard Apparatus for Atmospheric Pressure

    大气压力二等标准装置不确定度测试和评定

  5. The Assortment and Classification Construction on Material Resources of Civil Second-rate College Libraries

    民办二级学院图书馆文献资源的分类分级建设

  6. So I did every second-rate cable bad talk show I could get my hands on

    于是我接了很多能够接手的二线有线电视脱口秀

  7. 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。

  8. But what is the good of turning out second-rate pictures ?

    可是只是画出些二流作品究竟有什么好处呢?

  9. 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。

  10. We keep our first-rate people to business , leaving the second-rate people to politics .

    我们把一流人才留下来经商,让二流人才到政界发展。

  11. A burst of energy , speed , etc of lesser quality than second-rate .

    迸发出的能量、速度等质量上比二等还要差的。

  12. 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。

  13. It used attribute importance as the importance , utilized a heuristic algorithm drawing second-rate reduction .

    该方法以属性重要度作为重要度,采用启发式算法求取次优约简。

  14. at best She is at best a second-rate singer .

    :充其量,最多也就…她充其量是个二流歌手。

  15. You don 't need another piece of second-rate jewelry from the home shopping channel .

    你根本不需要买电视购物上频道的另一款二流珠宝。

  16. Research and Practice of Making ZnSO_4 · H_2O with Second-rate Zinc Oxide Powder

    次氧化锌粉制取一水硫酸锌的研究与实践

  17. 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。

  18. As a director , he 's second-rate at best .

    作为一名导演,他至多属于二流。

  19. Application of Dual Flow Rate ( No Build-up ) Test Technique She is at best a second-rate singer .

    二流量(不关井)测试技术应用研究她充其量是个二流歌手。

  20. 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。

  21. We bought it in a second-rate department store .

    我们在一家二流的百货店买下它的。

  22. 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。

  23. It is a pathetic little second-rate substitute for reality --

    它是可悲的,次等的,一种现实的替代品

  24. 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。

  25. Whites looked inside themselves and said you know what , why should black kids go to second-rate schools ?

    白人们开始扪心自问为什么要让黑人孩子上二等学校

  26. Be a first-rate version of yourself instead of the second-rate version of someone else .

    做一流的自己,不做二流的别人。

  27. 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。

  28. A second-rate actor , script , performance

    二流的演员、剧本、表演

  29. I think guilt is a second-rate emotion .

    我认为内疚是情感中的次等品。

  30. Second , the poor , of a sort : second-class , second-hand , second-rate level .

    第二的,较差的:二等,二手货,二流水平。