Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #19205
Fully loadedmediocrities
平庸；平常
mediocrities is the plural of mediocrity.
核心释义
指平庸的状态或性质，不指人。
the state of being ordinary and not outstanding; lack of excellence
- 1.
平庸的状态；仅具有平均质量、技能等；不优于标准。
The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
- 2.
平庸；普通且不出众。
ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
- 3.
能力或成就平庸的人。
A person with mediocre abilities or achievements.
- 4.
能力或价值二流的人。
a person of second-rate ability or value
平庸的状态；仅具有平均质量、技能等；不优于标准。；平庸；普通且不出众。；能力或成就平庸的人。；能力或价值二流的人。；平常
用法In use
The company refused to accept mediocrity and pushed every team to do better.
用法提示：句中mediocrity为名词，表示“平庸”这一状态。
He left the job because he could not stand the mediocrity of the daily routine.
用法提示：mediocrity作名词，指“平庸、平常”的性质。
She worked hard to escape the mediocrity that surrounded her.
用法提示：mediocrity是名词，作escape的宾语，意为“平庸”。
shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him
the mediocrity of sth
该结构用于指某事物平庸、不突出。
The mediocrity of the performance disappointed the audience.
这场表演的平庸令观众失望。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- sink into mediocrity
- 陷入平庸
- After the star player left, the team sank into mediocrity.明星球员离开后，这支球队陷入了平庸。
- rise above mediocrity
- 超越平庸
- She studied hard to rise above mediocrity in her field.她努力学习，以在自己的领域超越平庸。
- settle for mediocrity
- 甘于平庸
- He refused to settle for mediocrity and kept improving his skills.他拒绝甘于平庸，并不断提升自己的技能。
- sheer mediocrity
- 十足的平庸
- Critics dismissed the novel for its sheer mediocrity.评论家们因这部小说十足的平庸而对其不屑一顾。
- wallow in mediocrity
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 'medi' 像 'middle'（中间），平庸就是处于中间、不上不下，没有突出之处。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学评论、职场评估、学术写作 mediocrity 多用于正式或书面语境，如评论、学术或职场讨论中，表示“平庸、平常”；口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhymes exactly with mediocrity /ˌmidiˈɑkrəti/, which is stressed on /ɑ/ and ends with /krəti/. Curiosity /ˌkjʊriˈɑːsəti/ and atrocity /əˈtrɑːsəti/ rhyme with each other in /səti/, but that ending is not /krəti/. Majority and obscurity share the final spelling '-ity' with mediocrity but have different stressed vowels and consonants. Mediocre shares the spelling 'medi-' but is pronounced with /oʊ/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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