Mediocrity

(n.) The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate.

(n.) Moderation; temperance.

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• To excel in any profession, in which but few arrive at mediocrity, it is the most decisive mark of what is called genius, or superior talents. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The scientist shows no rapture for exalted views; in fact, with an instinct for mediocrity, he is envious and strives for the destruction of the exceptional ma n. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Its usual blessings are happiness and mediocrity. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Imposing an alleged uniform general method upon everybody breeds mediocrity in all but the very exceptional. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Hostile critics of democracy have long pointed out that mediocrity becomes the rule. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Mediocrity, no: do not let envy prompt you to the thought. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She could not admit at once that she might have overestimated Wildeve, for to perceive his mediocrity now was to admit her own great folly heretofore. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• But they deliberately chose mediocrities. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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