Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre.
弗吉尼娅是个完美主义者。她就是无法勉强接受任何平庸的东西。
We can, perhaps, attribute mediocre results to an inadequate placebo effect.
也许，我们可以把平庸的结果归因于安慰剂效应的不足。
The mediocre design of many contemporary buildings can be traced to both clients and architects.
许多当代建筑的平庸设计可以说是客户和建筑师双方造成的。
The excessive emphasis on scholarship generates many unread books and mediocre articles in academic journals.
对学术的过度重视，导致学术期刊上出现了许多未读的书籍和平庸的文章。
"I'm a mediocre harmonica player and a worse guitarist, but I had my pick of incredible musicians," says Mr. Anderson.
“我是个平庸的口琴演奏者和糟糕的吉他手，但我挑选出了非常棒的音乐家们。”安德森先生说。
She noted, many young people are especially risk averse at school—afraid that one low test score or mediocre grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.
她指出，许多年轻人尤其不愿意在学校冒险，担心一次考试的分数低或成绩差会让他们失去进入名牌大学的机会。
I have ground out some verses, which, I'm afraid, are too mediocre to appear in your publication.
我搜索枯肠做了几句诗，恐怕过于平淡，不配在你们刊物上发表。
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains.
普通的老师告诉你是什么，好的老师告诉你为什么。
Growth in Brazil, the region's largest economy, remains mediocre, at 2.8%.
区域内最大经济体巴西的增长率，仍然只维持在一个中等水平2.8%。
Obama joked that Hawking had been a "brilliant man but a mediocre student".
奥巴马开玩笑地说霍金是一个“卓越的人、平庸的学生”。
this was accompanied by a flood of contemporary literature, most of it mediocre.
随之涌现了一大批当代文学作品，但其中大部分都很平庸。
I think of myself as a mediocre writer. I do not come by my mediocrity naturally.
我自以为算得上是个中流的写手，尽管如此，我也绝非天生就到了这个水平。
Though a mediocre film, it was an interesting idea, and one that would endure for decades.
虽然这只是一部平庸的电影，但想法生动有趣，而且这一想法将持续几十年的时间。
The real good and bad scholars are a minority, whereas the medium or even mediocre ones a majority.
真正好和真正差的学者总不会是多数，而相对平常甚至平庸的学者总会较多。
The phenomenon of acclaimed performances in mediocre films is becoming something of an Oscar staple these days.
如今，倍受称赞的演技出现在普通影片中正逐渐成为奥斯卡的一个特色。
They estimate that you’ll get about 10% more stock value, on average, from a good CEO than from a mediocre one.
他们估计，平均而言优秀的CEO会比平庸者多贡献约10％的股票价值。
In his book, Allen attributes Microsoft's current problems to the company's leadership, scale, and mediocre culture.
在这本书中，艾伦将微软当前的问题归咎于公司的领导层、公司的规模以及平庸的文化。
'I'm a mediocre harmonica player and a worse guitarist but I had my pick of incredible musicians,' says Mr. Anderson.
“我只是个马马虎虎的口琴演奏者和不怎么样的吉他手，但我挑选出了一群令人赞叹的音乐人，”安德森说。
If you don't, you'll become like all the countless other designers that create mediocre work primarily for the paycheck.
如果你不这样，你就会变得像其他无数个为薪水而制作平庸作品的设计师。
Yes, you could make the case that this season's Premier League was mediocre, with a general dip in the quality of football.
是的，你可以说，本赛季的英超联赛有点平庸，足球比赛的质量下降。
Some gorgeous moments go by undocumented and some mediocre moments get captured and look like they were more beautiful than they were.
有些美好的时刻不经意间溜走，有些平庸的瞬间被保留住了，仿佛这些照片比本人还好看。
British pupils fare relatively well in science, performing better than the OECD average, but in reading and mathematics they are mediocre.
英国学生在科学素养上的表现相当优异，高于经合组织的平均水平，但相比之下，他们在阅读素养和数学素养上则表现平平。
For most of us who never became concert pianists or even made it to mediocre, what was the point of learning to play the piano as a child?
对于绝大多数像我们这样，永远不可能成为钢琴家甚至是一般的演奏者的普通人来说，从小学习钢琴的目的是什么呢？
You want to create remarkable ideas that spread themselves, not mediocre ideas that require a lot of poster blanketing to make it successful.
你想要提出可以自己传播的卓越想法，而不是需要大量海报宣传才会成功的平庸想法。
If it's documented closely enough, you can actually see how they went from mediocre to good, from good to great, from great to extraordinary.
如果详细记录他们的人生，你会真实地看到他们如何从平庸走向优秀，从优秀走向卓越，从卓越走向伟大。
If it's documented closely enough, you can actually see how they went from mediocre to good, from good to great, from great to extraordinary.
如果详细记录他们的人生，你会真实地看到他们如何从平庸走向优秀，从优秀走向卓越，从卓越走向伟大。
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