mediocrities是什么意思？

mediocrities

• n. 平庸，第二流，平庸人( mediocrity的名词复数 )；

例句

• They seemed to be a drab assortment of mediocrities. 他们看起来像一批毫不起眼的碌碌庸才.
• Mediocrities can explain everything, and are surprised at nothing. 平庸的人能解释一切, 而且对什么都不会感到意外.
• Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities. 嘲讽是庸人对天才的颂歌.
• Surrounded by mediocrities, he can seem a towering intellectual. 在周围一群泛泛之辈的衬托之下，他就像一个鹤立鸡群的智者。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  平庸;平凡;普通
  If you refer to the mediocrity of something, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better.
  例句
  ...the mediocrity of most contemporary literature... 大多数当代文学作品的平庸 Fashion today is sloppy mediocrity. 如今的时尚品位低下，平庸无奇。
• N-COUNT
  庸人;平庸之辈
  If you refer to someone as a mediocrity, you think that they are not very good at what they do.
  例句
  Surrounded by mediocrities, he can seem a towering intellectual. 在周围一群泛泛之辈的衬托之下，他就像一个鹤立鸡群的智者。