middling
英 [ˈmɪdlɪŋ]
美 [ˈmɪdlɪŋ]
adj. (大小、品质、地位等)中间的,普通的,中等的
现在分词:middling
BNC.24643 / COCA.22722
习惯用语
adj.
- fair to middling
- 一般水平;不过不失
not particularly good or bad
牛津词典
adj.
- (大小、品质、地位等)中间的,普通的,中等的
of average size, quality, status, etc.- a golfer of middling talent
能力一般的高尔夫球手
- a golfer of middling talent
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 中等的;普通的;不好不坏的
If you describe a quality such as the size of something asmiddling, you mean that it is average.- The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.
直到1963年,甲壳虫乐队还只是半红不紫。 - ...a man of middling height.
中等身材的男子
- The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.
英英释义
noun
- any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
adj
- lacking exceptional quality or ability
- a novel of average merit
- only a fair performance of the sonata
- in fair health
- the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
- the performance was middling at best
adv
- to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
- pretty big
- pretty bad
- jolly decent of him
- the shoes are priced reasonably
- he is fairly clever with computers
双语例句
- Between 1993 and 2006, the proportion of jobs with middling pay fell, while high-and low-paid employment rose.
1993年至2006年期间,中等工资水平的工作所占的比例下降,而高薪和低薪工作的占比都上升了。 - To be sure, the U.S. is not among the worst-performing developed nations, but is in a position researchers have called middling. Analysts also point out that U.S. scores on the 2009 international exams did generally improve over 2006.
可以肯定的是,美国不是发达国家中表现最差的,但是处在一个研究人员称为中等的位置上,分析人士也指出,美国2009年国际考试成绩比2006年确实有普遍改善。 - In addition, Dynasty is faced with the competition from international brand in the middling and high level market.
另外,王朝公司所在的中高端市场正在面临国际洋品牌的竞争。 - The results show the collectivity satisfaction degree score is0.331, which belongs to superior middling.
结果表明,当前昌吉地区村民对村干部的总体满意度得分为0.331,处于中等偏上水平; - The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.
直到1963年,甲壳虫乐队还只是半红不紫。 - Effects of different NPK proportion on growth, yield and quality of Wuta-cai in middling soil fertility were studied.
研究了在中等土壤肥力水平下不同NPK配比对乌塌菜生长及产量品、质的影响。 - Most people return small favours, acknowledge middling ones, and repay great ones with ingratitude.
许多人对小恩小惠给予回报,对一般的恩惠则表示感谢,但对大恩大德却忘恩负义。 - It has not been a terrific year for eBay ( eBay), but more of a middling one.
eBay公司(eBay)今年的光景不算太糟,但更准确地说是马马虎虎。 - Poor to middling in quality.
品质介于差和中等之间的。 - The overall result: a middling, single-digit sales growth rate.
两者综合起来的结果是:公司销售额只有凑合的个位数增长。