second-rate 是什么意思

中文翻译与英英解释

	adj. 第二流的；二等的；次等的。 2.n. 次等货；次级品；二等战舰；二流人物。

moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
同义词：mediocre,

In the British Royal Navy, a second rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlier 17th century second rates had fewer guns and were originally two-deckers or had only partially armed third gun decks. The term in no way implied that they were of inferior quality.

例句与用法

	1.	His novels are very second-rate . 他写的小说很不怎么样。
	2.	But what is the good of turning out second-rate pictures ? 可是只是画出些二流作品究竟有什么好处呢？
	3.	I don't think there's much object in being a second-rate painter . 我觉得当一个二流画家没有什么意思。
	4.	His works are second-rate productions, alongside those of some of his contemporaries . 他的作品跟他同时代一些人比起来，只算得二流的作品。
	5.	He never aimed at mere effect, and had none of the little tricks and pretensions of second-rate reputations . 他从不追求单纯的成功，毫无享有第二流声望的那种人的花俏与做作。
	6.	He had been graduated from a second-rate medical school in oklahoma and had practised in a small town ever since . 他在俄克拉何马州一所二流的医科学校毕业后就一直在一个小镇上行医。
	7.	The german army had already been depleted by its previous campaigns in russia and diluted by inclusion of its second-rate allies . 德军由于在俄国的历次战役已经消耗殆尽，同时又由于它的二流水平的盟军参加了它的队伍而削弱了自己的力量。

second-rate是什么意思

second-rate 是什么意思

中文翻译与英英解释

例句与用法