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

• Effects of different NPK proportion on growth, yield and quality of Wuta-cai in middling soil fertility were studied.
  研究了在中等土壤肥力水平下不同NPK配比对乌塌菜生长及产量品、质的影响。
• The "middling sort" bought goods and services because they wanted to follow fashions set by the rich.
  “中产阶级”购买优质商品和服务，是因为他们想追随由富人建立的消费时尚。
• 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。
• Heart, became almost deprived of his senses and slow, middling and quick motion.
  心，成为多少乎剥夺了他的理智和缓慢，中等和快速的议案。
• 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
• Poor to middling in quality.
  品质介于差和中等之间的。
• 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。
• The results show the collectivity satisfaction degree score is0.331, which belongs to superior middling.
  结果表明，当前昌吉地区村民对村干部的总体满意度得分为0.331，处于中等偏上水平；
• 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。