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

• 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
• So you're going to paris? How's your french? Oh, fair to middling.
  这么说你打算去巴黎了？你的法语怎样？哦，还马马虎虎吧。
• 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。
• In addition, Dynasty is faced with the competition from international brand in the middling and high level market.
  另外，王朝公司所在的中高端市场正在面临国际洋品牌的竞争。
• 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。
• 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。
• The overall result: a middling, single-digit sales growth rate.
  两者综合起来的结果是：公司销售额只有凑合的个位数增长。
• There are a great lot of middling and high-class technician, management and stylist in our company.
  公司拥有一大批中高级技术、管理、设计人才队伍。
• 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。
• 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。