middling
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
英 /ˈmɪdlɪŋ/|/ˈmɪdl̩ɪŋ/
美 /ˈmɪd(ə)lɪŋ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
— Middlings are less likely to adopt worker commitment than are Leaders, but the two groups are equally likely to adopt organisational responsibility. […] Middlings have not been able to effectively implement innovative environmental programmes and proactive social programmes.
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Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.; Preceded by the: people of moderate means; members of the middle class.
— The war had been significantly financed by the poor and the middling, who purchased bonds that quickly devalued from wartime inflation; debt speculators had bought much of this debt at a fraction of the original cost.
形容词 adj.
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Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre.
— The football team is never the worst or best in its league; its position is always middling.
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In fairly good health.
— I am in a middling Way, between Healthy and Sick, hardly ever without a little Giddineſs or Deafneſs, and ſometimes both: So much for that.
副词 adv.
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Fairly, moderately, somewhat.
— St. Jerom ſeated, a middling ſized upright plate, from J. Palma, dated 1596. I think this is one of the fineſt prints by this great maſter. The drawing is admirable, and the engraving is executed with the utmoſt freedom.
- Not too badly, with modest success.
词源
词源 1
The noun is probably from middle (noun) + -ing; the adjective is most likely derived from the noun, and the adverb from the adjective.
词源 2
The noun is probably from middle (noun) + -ing; the adjective is most likely derived from the noun, and the adverb from the adjective.
词源 3
The noun is probably from middle (noun) + -ing; the adjective is most likely derived from the noun, and the adverb from the adjective.
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