middling

英 [ˈmɪdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈmɪdlɪŋ]

adj.  (大小、品质、地位等)中间的，普通的，中等的

现在分词：middling　

BNC.24643 / COCA.22722

习惯用语

adj.

fair to middling
• 一般水平；不过不失
  not particularly good or bad

牛津词典

adj.

• （大小、品质、地位等）中间的，普通的，中等的
  of average size, quality, status, etc.
  1. a golfer of middling talent
     能力一般的高尔夫球手

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 中等的;普通的;不好不坏的
  If you describe a quality such as the size of something asmiddling, you mean that it is average.
  1. The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.
     直到1963年，甲壳虫乐队还只是半红不紫。
  2. ...a man of middling height.
     中等身材的男子

英英释义

noun

• any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

adj

• lacking exceptional quality or ability
  1. a novel of average merit
  2. only a fair performance of the sonata
  3. in fair health
  4. the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
  5. the performance was middling at best
  Synonym:averagefairmediocre

adv

• to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
  1. pretty big
  2. pretty bad
  3. jolly decent of him
  4. the shoes are priced reasonably
  5. he is fairly clever with computers
  Synonym:reasonablymoderatelyprettyjollysomewhatfairlypassably

双语例句

• The paper raises an idea about building small section subway in middling city of our country, and discusses primarily the building cost, building technique and vehicle equipment, etc.
  本文提出了在我国中等城市修建小断面地铁的设想，并就造价、施工技术及车辆设备等有关因素作了初步探讨。
• Researching on Art's Course in Middling Speciality Preschool Normal School in Pingdingshan Area of Henan Province
  河南省平顶山地区中等专业幼儿师范学校美术课程研究
• Tom, it was middling warm in school, warn't it?
  汤姆，学校里挺热的，对吧？
• To be sure, the U.S. is not among the worst-performing developed nations, but is in a position researchers have called middling. Analysts also point out that U.S. scores on the 2009 international exams did generally improve over 2006.
  可以肯定的是，美国不是发达国家中表现最差的，但是处在一个研究人员称为中等的位置上，分析人士也指出，美国2009年国际考试成绩比2006年确实有普遍改善。
• The meal is fair to middling.
  这餐饭菜还算过得去。
• The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.
  直到1963年，甲壳虫乐队还只是半红不紫。
• From the infrastructure, our country's cities are middling and hold definite base to compete.
  从基础设施看，我国城市居中等水平，具有一定的竞争基础。
• So you're going to paris? How's your french? Oh, fair to middling.
  这么说你打算去巴黎了？你的法语怎样？哦，还马马虎虎吧。
• Newspaper, magazine reading in mensal edge is thing of life middling some.
  在餐桌边看报纸、杂志是生活中常有的事情。
• He was never more than a fair to middling student.
  他只是一个马马虎虎、混得过去的学生。