| 词汇 | example_english_mediocrity |
| 释义 | Examples of mediocrityThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. He rendered the utmost service in destroying the exaggerated reputations of the mediocrities of his time, but his judgment was sometimes at fault. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Now we are ruled over by mediocrities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In my opinion, they are corrupted by their own mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everyone knows that mediocrity is far more costly, in the long term, than quality. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In other words, you have rejected responsibility in favour of solidarity, and you have dismissed solidarity in favour of greed, mediocrity and accounting. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Surely it is not the standardisation of mediocrity but the inequality of individuality which makes for progress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are making certain of an age of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fear of a controlled and a uniform mediocrity must be removed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is all this to be allowed to founder in a slough of impoverished mediocrity? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Institutions which do not change their structure as they grow run obvious risks of loss of personal contacts and mass mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Democracy has too often meant the triumph of mass thinking, mass behaviour and a rather dull level of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Students from many continental countries come here to escape mediocrity at home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the moment it gives too high a premium for mere numbers and mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although consensus politics was inherent in it, "in reality this degenerates into compromise and mediocrity". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When they have reached mediocrity in a competitive age, they have had to do something about it or go out of business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should concentrate on the conservation of excellence rather than the preservation of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we take away that excellence, we are left with mediocrity for the entire sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The alternative would be a steady slide into mediocrity for all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is seeking to impose a uniform system which many of us believe can result only in mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fear that abolishing selection will mean the rule of the lowest common denominator and the emergence of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, we do not want a uniform, dull mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are good programmes on television and it provides some stimulus, but there is much mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We seem temporarily to have forgotten our glorious past and to be living in a fog of self-doubt, mediocrity and pettiness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Man is being battered into mediocrity by a society that is overwhelming him, a society which none of us seems completely to understand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we continue to confuse equal opportunities with egalitarianism and mediocrity, the more mediocre people we will have. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If we fail them, we condemn them to a life of mediocrity and squalor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many matters of business, perhaps in most, a continuity of mediocrity is better than a hotch-potch of excellences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want a general reduction to mediocrity in the universities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can shortly be reduced to the uniformity and greyness of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall be left possibly breeding mediocrity; we shall find ourselves on the bargain counter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Goodness knows to what mediocrity acting would descend if the wretched actors were confined to playing before cameras alone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether we like it politically or not, we must do more to reward quality and not mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you don't believe that, then everything will sink into a grey mass of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to reconcile ourselves to the real mediocrity of our circumstances, and we have to consider how best to work in this difficult world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A health service that seeks uniformity will be committed to mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Could not this step be a forward march to mediocrity? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has bemused us all by his desperate attempts to find good where most of us could see only mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not throw away that unique opportunity by tolerating failure or mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The average cannot afford to be content with mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are faced by a party of mediocrity, appallingly low in standard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, under the comprehensive system we have a system of institutionalised mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Too much security in an industry creates complacency and mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are not completely destroyed they will become so much smaller, so much weaker, that from first-class institutions they will drift into second-rate mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we want now is not a dull mediocrity—the dull mediocrity of moderate politics—but the courage of decisiveness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The truth of the matter is, that whether we like it or not, we have to reconcile ourselves to the real mediocrity of our circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Excellence for the few must not be bought at the cost of mediocrity or worse for the many. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We either go ahead—with resolution and determination—or we drop back into mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To do otherwise is a certain recipe for ossified mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Labour is the party of mediocrity and the total destruction of parental choice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are, in fact, the party of appalling mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it the pursuit of excellence through the concentration of resources or of mediocrity all round? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it does not, we shall be responsible for casting this kingdom upon a heap of industrial and commercial mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With our inheritance laws, we endorse a system which perpetuates mediocrity and, in many cases, downright uselessness at the very top in industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result is a dull level of mediocrity where the gifted consistently under perform because they are not challenged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also believe that mediocrity and failure in high places, in industry as elsewhere, should be appropriately penalised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The eco-label should not be associated with mediocrity. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Unfortunately our system of taxation encourages mediocrity and penalises merit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In between, there seems a pretty dull mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The third principle is that of delivering high-quality public services and not tolerating mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The support that we have given does not, however, mean that we can tolerate mediocrity or failure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not against high standards or improvement, but we are against mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In effect, the answer is to exchange mediocrity for hooliganism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have become too resigned to failure and mediocrity, and too narrow-minded in our approach to national problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not concentrating on providing a privileged education for a few, and mediocrity for the many. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To turn back now would signify a gloomy acceptance of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he confirm that the objective of listing buildings is to conserve architectural excellence rather than just to preserve architectural mediocrity? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mediocrity of his thinking is concealed by the majesty of his language. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If so, you get a dull level of mediocrity and your biggest minds and biggest brains will not come to the microphone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The theme is bigness and the concept is mediocrity and sameness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Labour has been exposed as the party not of equality and opportunity but of dull uniformity and mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe, however, that the proponents of that system have done it the gravest harm by giving the appearance of believing that a comprehensive education equals mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is, first, the legacy of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You must do it wisely, but naturally there will be anxiety to avoid losses and because of this you will get down to a dead level of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that the last thing any of us wish to imply in the standard of milk being produced is mediocrity, but it is a negative sort of word. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The redistribution lobby may well stand accused of being motivated by greed and envy, and a desire to drag everything down to the lowest common standard of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is too much mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If our fundamental approach to education is flawed, we can have the best paid teachers in the world, wall-to-wall facilities and one-to-one teaching—and still produce mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They want the uniform greyness of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is uniform mediocrity the ultimate goal? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any such authority must have the powers to remove or not to reappoint members for sustained inadequate performance; otherwise it is a recipe for mediocrity and inefficiency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, there still remains the considerable puzzle of why our undoubted centres of excellence and innovation have had so little impact on the long cavalcade of industrial mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The assisted places scheme gave an opportunity to people in areas where the alternative was the dull egalitarian mediocrity which is all that so many local education authorities offer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Often, they have a monopoly of mediocrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a long way to go before we ensure that privilege is not able to buy a way for mediocrity over ability in our schools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was extremely sad to see the series go, but could not overlook the mediocrity, predictability and lack of originality of the series finale. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their reward is something more than just an escape into banal mediocrity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Innovation is a twofold threat to academic mediocrities: it endangers their oracular authority, and it evokes the deeper fear that their whole, laboriously constructed edifice might collapse. The mediocre pupil will only be an agent for the diffusion of mediocrity. Furthermore, we discuss our results in the framework of the so-called principle of mediocrity. By 1960, commentators were convinced of the mediocrity of current university architecture. A few excellent universities can be successfully nurtured in a sea of intellectual mediocrity. Regimes are always built on the idea of human masses and confirmed by the silence of mediocrity. Across the route to such possibility are lapses, mistakes, moments of failure and mediocrity, or mere repetitions of what is aesthetically commonplace. There are efforts in progress to prohibit mediocrity such as the discontinuance of peer-group benchmarks and to discourage herding behavior in financial markets. By pursuing this more intense, desirable form of love, the humans are rejecting the mediocrity of mortal sensations and aiming for godlike gains. Behind such "lucky mediocrity" we discern the defiance of youth refusing to submit to conventional standards. Many believed that state aid was a waste of taxpayers' money which" encouraged mediocrity or felt that artists on relief would lose their ambition and competitive spirit". In promoting democracy, and all its interests in economy and society, the challenge is to avoid the easy option of becoming mere functionaries, of engendering shallowness and mediocrity. One grower proclaimed that 'we ship beautiful mediocrity' to note his judgment that the apples sold wholesale were pretty to look at, but inferior in other qualities. Mediocrity probably accounted for both. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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