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;质量中等偏下的;碌;
💡 medi中间+ocre石山→中间的山,不是高山→平庸的
"I thought the play was only mediocre."
我认为这部戏剧只是平庸之作。
近义:lackluster, listless, medium, middling, passable, average
反义:highest, illustrious, appointed, leading, magnificent, marked
vt.& vi. 猛推;逼迫;强行推入;延伸;
n. 刺;推力;[军]突击;[地]逆断层;
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."
他把婴儿往我怀里一塞就跑了。
近义:hunch, impel, jog, jolt, push, shove
vt. bear的过去分词;支撑,支持;亲自携带,运输;
vi. 结果,生产;和…有关;
adj. 出生的,出身于…的;天生的,天赋的;
"Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature."
萨姆在乡下出生,特别喜爱大自然。
近义:inborn, inbred, inchoate, innate, congenital, connate
vt. 取得;获得;实现;成功;
vi. 达到预期的目的,实现预期的结果,如愿以偿;
💡 a(啊)+chi(吃)+eve(圣诞节前夜):圣诞节是一年的结尾,大家围坐在一起,大吃一顿,一起总结一年的成就,看看自己 获得了什么 a(to)+chieve(
"To achieve these ends, we must adopt the above mentioned measures."
要达到这些目的, 我们必须采取上述措施.
近义:implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
反义:miss, waste
mediocrity
[[ˌmi:di'ɔkriti]]
n. 平常, 平庸之才
近义:trashiness, commonalty, commonness, commonplaceness
反义:predominance, primacy, remarkableness, supremacy, quality, distinction
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
近义:above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er