third-rate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌthird-ˈrate adjective CHEAPof very bad quality 三流的;劣质的 a third-rate hotel 一家三流宾馆
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third-rate• Those who dismissed him as a third-rate actor failed to recognize his ability as a political campaigner.• They were being overcharged for third-rate beer, much of it brewed from cheap and inferior ingredients.• a third-rate business school• Save for the metal detector and federal guards in the lobby, the place could easily pass for a third-rate collection agency.• If I'd ever done anything - made anything of myself more than a third-rate free-lance - it might've been different.• His only modest joy in life comes from playing trombone with a third-rate jazz band in a seedy neighborhood pub.ˌthird-ˈrate adjectiveChineseSyllable
bad of very quality Corpus
third-rate
ˌthird-ˈrate
adjective
of very bad quality:
a third-rate hotel
ˌthird-ˈrate
adjectiveof very bad quality: