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 meal is fair to middling.
  这餐饭菜还算过得去。
• I am worker of a network, the job and business middling involve the application of electronic business affairs.
  我是一名网络工作者，工作和业务中常涉及到电子商务的应用。
• 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。
• 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。
• A middling Old World power, how is France to do this?
  作为一个欧洲中等国家，法国要如何恢复其昔日地位呢？
• Tom, it was middling warm in school, warn't it?
  汤姆，学校里挺热的，对吧？
• That shows in middling jobs and wages.
  这一点在中等技术工作和中等工资中得到了体现。
• Poor to middling in quality.
  品质介于差和中等之间的。
• 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。
• I was middling well till I see you, young fellow, said the old woman.
  “不看见你我倒是挺好的，小伙子。”老妪说道。