midlist

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Unlikely to be more than modestly successful. not-comparable
    — He scoffs at the lesser-known, midlist and emerging authors […].
  2. Expected to achieve sales performance that blends frontlist performance with backlist performance, being neither a bestseller when new nor a perennial backlist performer but strong enough in each of those categories to be successful overall. attributive,not-comparable
    — The celebrity tell-all has been proposed as a frontlist title, whereas the cookbook has been proposed as a backlist title and the food history book as a midlist title.

词汇关系

相关词
A-list backlist B-list C-list frontlist middling mid-level mid-tier Z-list

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
English list
English midlist
From mid- + list.
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