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

• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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
• 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。
• She say she's only middling today.
  她说她今天身体还算好。
• The meal is fair to middling.
  这餐饭菜还算过得去。