"middling" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 中等的
• 普通的

Definition

「Middling」指的是品質一般，不好也不壞，就是普通、一般。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多屬中性或略帶貶義；常用於書面語或正式評論，如評價表現（'middling performance'）。比起直接說“差”來得委婉。日常會話中少見。

Examples

Her test score was middling, not the best but not the worst.

她的考試成績屬於**中等的**，不是最好也不是最差。

The restaurant got a middling review in the newspaper.

那家餐廳在報紙上獲得了**普通的**評論。

I thought the movie was just middling.

我覺得那部電影只是**普通**。

His basketball skills are pretty middling—he plays, but he doesn’t stand out.

他的籃球技術算**普通**——會打但不突出。

The hotel was decent, but the service was just middling at best.

飯店還行，但服務充其量也只是**普通**而已。

Honestly, I didn’t expect greatness, but even so, the food was kind of middling.

說真的，我沒期待多好，但這餐的食物還是有點**普通**。