• adj. 普通的；平凡的；中等的

來自拉丁語mediocris,半山腰，中等的，普通的，來自medius,中間的，詞源同middle,ocris,山峰，鋸齒狀高山，詞源同acrobat,acrid.后詞義進一步貶義化，形容平庸的，差勁的。比較其同源詞mean.

mediocre

mediocre: [16] Etymologically, mediocre means ‘halfway up a mountain’. It comes from Latin mediocris ‘of middle height, in a middle state’, which was formed from medius ‘middle’ (source of English medium) and ocris ‘rough stony mountain’.
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mediocre (adj.)

1580s, from Middle French médiocre (16c.), from Latin mediocris "of middling height or state, moderate, ordinary," figuratively "mediocre, mean, inferior," originally "halfway up a mountain," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + ocris "jagged mountain" (cognate with Greek okris "peak, point," Welsh ochr "corner, border," Latin acer "sharp;" see acrid). As a noun, "medicore thing or person," by 1834.

1. I thought the play was only mediocre.

我認為這部戲劇只是平庸之作。

來自《權威詞典》

2. The student tried hard, but his work is mediocre.

該生學習刻苦, 但學業平庸.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. The critics condemned the play as mediocre.

評論家譴責那出戲為低劣產物.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre.

弗吉尼婭是個完美主義者，她根本不愿意拿任何普普通通毫無特色的東西將就。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.

只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》