mediocrity

英 [ˌmiːdiˈɒkrəti]

美 [ˌmiːdiˈɑːkrəti]

n.  平庸; 普通; 平常; 平庸之人; 碌碌无为者

复数：mediocrities　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19205 / COCA.16550

牛津词典

noun

• 平庸；普通；平常
  the quality of being average or not very good
  1. His acting career started brilliantly, then sank into mediocrity.
     他的演艺生涯开场时轰轰烈烈，然后就变得庸庸碌碌。
• 平庸之人；碌碌无为者
  a person who is not very good at sth
  1. a brilliant leader, surrounded by mediocrities
     周围全是些庸才的杰出领导

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 平庸;平凡;普通
  If you refer to themediocrityof something, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better.
  1. ...the mediocrity of most contemporary literature...
     大多数当代文学作品的平庸
  2. Fashion today is sloppy mediocrity.
     如今的时尚品位低下，平庸无奇。
• N-COUNT 庸人;平庸之辈
  If you refer to someone as amediocrity, you think that they are not very good at what they do.
  1. Surrounded by mediocrities, he can seem a towering intellectual.
     在周围一群泛泛之辈的衬托之下，他就像一个鹤立鸡群的智者。

英英释义

noun

• ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
  Synonym:averageness
• a person of second-rate ability or value
  1. a team of aging second-raters
  2. shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him
  Synonym:second-rater

双语例句

• As with anything in life, constrained, limited thinking leads to mediocrity.
  和生命中的任何事物一样，受压抑、受限制的思考导致了平庸。
• Once you cease dreaming, soon you will also lose your energy and be back to mediocrity.
  一旦你停止梦想，你就会失去继续前行的力量，又变回一个平庸的人。
• This low abject brood, That fix their seats in mediocrity, Become your servile minds;
  这卑贱的一伙，把他们的位置固定在平庸中，成了你的奴性的心灵；
• No one will be willing to mediocrity, but very few people to struggle.
  没有人会甘心平庸，但却很少人去奋斗。
• If excellence is a habit, then mediocrity is a habit.
  如果说优秀是一种习惯，那么平庸也是一种习惯。
• But there are concrete steps government must take now to reverse our slide into communications mediocrity.
  但现在政府必须？取具体步骤，以扭转我国通信滑向平庸。
• They have often raised a man from mediocrity to success.
  它们常常使一个平庸之辈迈向成功。
• I am ordinary, but I do not mediocrity.
  我平凡，但我并不平庸。
• You have to aim for the stars, not mediocrity.
  你要期待的是明星，而不是平庸之辈。
• There are no excuses for mediocrity and you pay a very high price for a little safety in life.
  不要给做平庸找借口；你正为生活中一点点小安全付出了高昂的代价。