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

He never aimed at mere effect, and had none of the little tricks and pretensions of second-rate reputations.
他从不追求单纯的成功，毫无享有第二流声望的那种人的花俏与做作。
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。
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；
But don't get the idea that any place that is called a nursery school is wonderful, for some of them are second-rate and just use the name because it's popular.
不要以为有个叫幼儿园的地方就好，因为它们之中有些是二流货色，使用那个名字只是因为它流行。
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。
I think guilt is a second-rate emotion.
我认为内疚是情感中的次等品。
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。
As a director, he's second-rate at best.
作为一名导演，他至多属于二流。
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。
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。