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1. He was a very second-rate writer himself, but he appreciated and discovered talent in others.
虽然他自己只是个普通作家，可他能欣赏并发现别人的才智。
2. They gave a second-rate performance and the audience were disappointed.
他们的表演实属二流，观众大失所望。
3. We bought it in a second-rate department store.
我们在一家二流的百货店买下它的。
1. 二流的：second-line 第二线的 | second-rate 二流的 | second-rater 二流货
2. 不是优秀的：second-line 第二线的 | second-rate 不是优秀的 | second-rater 二流货
3. 二等的：second quality product ==> 二等品 | second rate ==> 二等的 | second reduction machine ==> 精碎机
4. 次：second-order triangulation ==> 二等三角测量 | second-rate ==> 次 | second-rater ==> 二流人物
1. 二流的;二等的;劣质的
If you describe something as second-rate, you mean that it is of poor quality.
e.g. ...second-rate restaurants.
二流餐馆
e.g. ...another second-rate politician.
另一名二流政客
adj
1. moderate to inferior in quality
e.g. they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
Synonym: mediocre