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

• But, we can all take a big step away from mediocrity by finding work we are passionate about.
  但是，我们大可以通过找到自己热爱的工作来摆脱平庸。
• You can ordinary, but not mediocrity;
  你可以平凡，但不能平庸；
• 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。
• Fashion today is sloppy mediocrity.
  如今的时尚品位低下，平庸无奇。
• I not longer felt hemmed in by mediocrity; I felt liberated.
  我不再感觉为平庸所困，而是觉得获得了自由。
• You have to aim for the stars, not mediocrity.
  你要期待的是明星，而不是平庸之辈。
• Groupthink, conformity and mediocrity.
  群体思维，整合和平庸。
• It's a life of mediocrity, and perhaps that mediocrity is the greatest sorrow of all.
  这是平庸的生活，也许平庸是最深重的悲伤。
• 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。
• It's the difference between success and mediocrity.
  这就是成功和平凡的区别。