我认为这部戏剧只是平庸之作。

I thought the play was only mediocre.

《牛津词典》

她的第一部小说堪称经典之作。

Her first novel has all the makings of a classic.

《牛津词典》

这部剧本充其量不过是匠人之作。

The script was workmanlike at best.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Milton will leave something "so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die."

弥尔顿将会留下一批，“不朽之作“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Well, "Home Burial" is a poem about the limits of work, the inability of the worker to bring a knowable world, a safe world, into being.

家冢“是他创作的极限之作，一个无能的工人让一个可知的世界，一个安全的世界存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

For those who are already engrossed in the reading of Ulysses, as well as for those who hesitate to begin it because they fear that it is obscure, the publishers offer this simple clue as to what the critical fuss is all about.

针对那些已经完全沉浸于这本书的人，以及那些因为害怕内容晦涩而还犹豫不决的人,出版商提供了一些简单的线索,告诉大家这部伟大之作的简要涵义。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选