mediocrity

英 [ˌmiːdiˈɒkrəti]

美 [ˌmiːdiˈɑːkrəti]

n. 平庸; 普通; 平常; 平庸之人; 碌碌无为者

Collins.1 / BNC.19205 / COCA.16550

牛津词典

noun

平庸；普通；平常
the quality of being average or not very good
1. His acting career started brilliantly, then sank into mediocrity.
  他的演艺生涯开场时轰轰烈烈，然后就变得庸庸碌碌。
平庸之人；碌碌无为者
a person who is not very good at sth
1. a brilliant leader, surrounded by mediocrities
  周围全是些庸才的杰出领导

N-UNCOUNT 平庸;平凡;普通
If you refer to themediocrityof something, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better.
1. ...the mediocrity of most contemporary literature...
  大多数当代文学作品的平庸
2. Fashion today is sloppy mediocrity.
  如今的时尚品位低下，平庸无奇。
N-COUNT 庸人;平庸之辈
If you refer to someone as amediocrity, you think that they are not very good at what they do.
1. Surrounded by mediocrities, he can seem a towering intellectual.
  在周围一群泛泛之辈的衬托之下，他就像一个鹤立鸡群的智者。

noun

ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
Synonym:averageness
a person of second-rate ability or value
1. a team of aging second-raters
2. shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him
Synonym:second-rater

That fix their seats in mediocrity.
把他们的位置固定在平庸中。
If excellence is a habit, then mediocrity is a habit.
如果说优秀是一种习惯，那么平庸也是一种习惯。
I not longer felt hemmed in by mediocrity; I felt liberated.
我不再感觉为平庸所困，而是觉得获得了自由。
It's a life of mediocrity, and perhaps that mediocrity is the greatest sorrow of all.
这是平庸的生活，也许平庸是最深重的悲伤。
If it's mass-produced mediocrity you want then you are in the wrong place!
如果是大规模生产的平庸你想你在错误的地方！
He was dismayed by the mediocrity of the people working with him.
他对与其共事者的平庸感到很失望。
I am ordinary, but I do not mediocrity.
我平凡，但我并不平庸。
Once you cease dreaming, soon you will also lose your energy and be back to mediocrity.
一旦你停止梦想，你就会失去继续前行的力量，又变回一个平庸的人。
Without enthusiasm I am doomed to a life if mediocrity but with it I can accomplish miracles.
没有热情，我注定要在平庸中渡过一生；而有了热情，我将创造奇迹。
Only last week we had further confirmation of the essential mediocrity of so much day-to-day management.
最近，我们得到了进一步的证据，证明许多日常管理都十分平庸。