mediocre
英 [,mi?d?'??k?]
美 [,mid?'ok?]
助記提示
1. Etymologically, mediocre means 'halfway up a mountain'.
2. medium => mediocre.
3. from medius "middle" + ocris "jagged mountain" (see acrid, acrobat, acrophobia).
4. acrid, acrobat, acrophobia => mediocre.
中文詞源
mediocre 普通的，平庸的來自拉丁語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.
英文詞源
- 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’.
=> medium - 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.
雙語例句
- 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》