二流 meaning in English
second class; second-rate
Examples
- But what is the good of turning out second-rate pictures ?
可是只是画出些二流作品究竟有什么好处呢？ - I don't think there's much object in being a second-rate painter .
我觉得当一个二流画家没有什么意思。 - His works are second-rate productions, alongside those of some of his contemporaries .
他的作品跟他同时代一些人比起来，只算得二流的作品。 - He never aimed at mere effect, and had none of the little tricks and pretensions of second-rate reputations .
他从不追求单纯的成功，毫无享有第二流声望的那种人的花俏与做作。 - He had been graduated from a second-rate medical school in oklahoma and had practised in a small town ever since .
他在俄克拉何马州一所二流的医科学校毕业后就一直在一个小镇上行医。