mediocrity

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /miː.dɪˈɒk.ɹɪ.ti/    美 /mi.dɪˈɑk.ɹɪ.ti/|[mi.dɪˈɑk.ɹɪ.ɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard. uncountable
    — Flexibility is good, but a tolerance for mediocrity carried far enough impairs operational capacity.
  2. A person with mediocre abilities or achievements. countable
    — populated with mediocrities
  3. The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean. archaic,countable,uncountable
  4. A middle course of action; moderation, balance. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Sundrie other Gent[lemen] reſt beholden to this hundred, for their dvvellings, vvho, in an enuiable mediocritie of fortune, do happilie poſſeſſe themſelues, and communicate their ſufficient means to the ſeruice of their prince, the good of their neighbours, and the bettering of their ovvn eſtate: […]

词形变化

mediocrities plural

词汇关系

衍生词
golden mediocrity mediocritist mediocritize mediocrity principle multimediocrity submediocrity
相关词
mean median mediate mediation mediator mediocre medium

词源

From Middle French médiocrité, from Latin mediocritās, from mediocris; by surface analysis, mediocre + -ity.
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