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

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；
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。
A middling Old World power, how is France to do this?
作为一个欧洲中等国家，法国要如何恢复其昔日地位呢？
Poor to middling in quality.
品质介于差和中等之间的。
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。
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。
The meal is fair to middling.
这餐饭菜还算过得去。
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。
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；
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。