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。
Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre.
平庸的工作表现不再足以成为辞退的正当理由。
也许,我们可以把平庸的结果归因于安慰剂效应的不足。
We can, perhaps, attribute mediocre results to an inadequate placebo effect.
他说没有哪个平庸的男孩能把他的女儿从山洞里救出来。
He said that no commonplace boy would ever have got his daughter out of the cave.
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。
The excessive emphasis on scholarship generates many unread books and mediocre articles in academic journals.
“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。
"I'm a mediocre harmonica player and a worse guitarist, but I had my pick of incredible musicians," says Mr. Anderson.
她领衔主演过好几部非常平庸的电影。
说实话,有谁愿意过平庸的生活呢?
而且肯定的是,那些人中没有一个过平庸的生活。
But guaranteed, none of those people have a mediocre existence.
韦伯是一位平庸的竞选者。
布兰登指出了甘于平庸的代价,即便大公司也不能避免。
Brendan pointed out the price of settling for mediocrity, even in a big organization.
奥巴马开玩笑地说霍金是一个“卓越的人、平庸的学生”。
Obama joked that Hawking had been a "brilliant man but a mediocre student".
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 real good and bad scholars are a minority, whereas the medium or even mediocre ones a majority.
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。
Though a mediocre film, it was an interesting idea, and one that would endure for decades.
美国的教育系统得到极为慷慨的资助,交出的不过是一份平庸的成绩单。
America's schools produce run-of-the-mill results despite generous funding.
《可爱的骨头》若是出自一位才华平庸的导演之手也许还不至于如此令人失望。
The Lovely Bones might not be so disappointing were it made by a director of middling talents.
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。
In his book, Allen attributes Microsoft's current problems to the company's leadership, scale, and mediocre culture.
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。
Some gorgeous moments go by undocumented and some mediocre moments get captured and look like they were more beautiful than they were.
但其他国家——甚至印度这个许可证制度的发源地——它们最优秀的行业都以某种方式避开了导致平庸的陷阱。
But somehow other countries' top businesses, even in India, the home of the licence Raj, have escaped this mediocrity trap.
在他的自传中,他这样写道:“所有的老师和我的父亲都认为我只是个很平庸的男孩,智商比一般人都低。”
In his autobiography, Darwin wrote, "I was considered by all my masters and by my father, a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard in intellect."
由50个平庸的人组成一个群体,如果他们交流和分工,则这群人要比不进行交流和分工的50个卓越的人拥有更高的集体智慧。
If they exchange and specialize, a group of 50 dull-witted people can have a far higher collective intelligence than 50 brilliant people who don't.
由50个平庸的人组成一个群体,如果他们交流和分工,则这群人要比不进行交流和分工的50个卓越的人拥有更高的集体智慧。
If they exchange and specialize, a group of 50 dull-witted people can have a far higher collective intelligence than 50 brilliant people who don't.
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