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

• That book is only second-rate.
  那本书只是二流作品。
• 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。
• Second-rate artists will dig in the old mines, but only first-rate artists can get something out of the new mine.
  第二流的艺术家将在旧宝藏中发掘，唯有第一流的艺术家才能由新宝藏中得到一些东西。
• 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；
• 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。
• His works are second-rate productions, alongside those of some of his contemporaries.
  他的作品跟他同时代一些人比起来，只算得二流的作品。
• As a director, he's second-rate at best.
  作为一名导演，他至多属于二流。
• 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。
• 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。
• Of lesser quality than second-rate.
  质量上比二等还要差的。