Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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adj. 普通的;中等的;質量中等偏下的;碌;
?? medi中間+ocre石山→中間的山,不是高山→平庸的
"I thought the play was only mediocre."
我認為這部戲劇只是平庸之作。
近義:lackluster, listless, medium, middling, passable, average
反義:highest, illustrious, appointed, leading, magnificent, marked
vt.& vi. 猛推;逼迫;強行推入;延伸;
n. 刺;推力;[軍]突擊;[地]逆斷層;
vi. 插入;用力向某人刺去;猛然或用力推;
?? trud, trus =push,表示”推”
"He thrust the baby into my arms and ran off."
他把嬰兒往我懷里一塞就跑了。
近義:hunch, impel, jog, jolt, push, shove
vt. bear的過去分詞;支撐,支持;親自攜帶,運輸;
vi. 結果,生產;和…有關;
adj. 出生的,出身于…的;天生的,天賦的;
"Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature."
薩姆在鄉下出生,特別喜愛大自然。
近義:inborn, inbred, inchoate, innate, congenital, connate
vt. 取得;獲得;實現;成功;
vi. 達到預期的目的,實現預期的結果,如愿以償;
?? a(啊)+chi(吃)+eve(圣誕節前夜):圣誕節是一年的結尾,大家圍坐在一起,大吃一頓,一起總結一年的成就,看看自己 獲得了什么 a(to)+chieve(
"To achieve these ends, we must adopt the above mentioned measures."
要達到這些目的, 我們必須采取上述措施.
近義:implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
反義:miss, waste
mediocrity
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n. 平常, 平庸之才
近義:trashiness, commonalty, commonness, commonplaceness
反義:predominance, primacy, remarkableness, supremacy, quality, distinction
prep. 在…上面;當…時候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是國王賜給他的頭銜。
近義:above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er