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

• 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。
• 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
• It has not been a terrific year for eBay ( eBay), but more of a middling one.
  eBay公司（eBay）今年的光景不算太糟，但更准确地说是马马虎虎。
• 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 results showed that the prune degree is of the upright effects in the florescence control and flowers increasing, which are integrating with the mass prune, middling prune and bit prune.
  试验结果表明：修剪强度对月季花期调控和增加花量具有较大的效应，采用强修剪、中度修剪和弱修剪相结合的修剪方式有利于调控花期；
• Between 1993 and 2006, the proportion of jobs with middling pay fell, while high-and low-paid employment rose.
  1993年至2006年期间，中等工资水平的工作所占的比例下降，而高薪和低薪工作的占比都上升了。
• Study on the Mechanism of Selective Classification, Regrinding and Flotation of Flotation Middling
  浮选中矿选择性分级再磨浮选机理研究
• 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。
• Most people return small favours, acknowledge middling ones, and repay great ones with ingratitude.
  许多人对小恩小惠给予回报，对一般的恩惠则表示感谢，但对大恩大德却忘恩负义。
• 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。