Caricature is the tribute that mediocrity pays to genius.

笨拙的模仿，是凡人对天才呈献的赞词。

For the barking fat-faced mediocrity in the stagy black uniform he feels chiefly to be attempted, modified by caution

对于身穿行头般黑军服的这个肥头胖脑、汪汪狂叫的庸才，他所感到的主要是给谨慎小心冲淡了的轻蔑。

Today I shed my old skin, which has too long suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediocrity .

今天，我爬出满是失败创伤的老茧．

The old poet decried the mediocrity of today’s writing.

老诗人抨击了现代文体的平庸无奇。

It would be easier to shrink back from that frontier, to look to the safe mediocrity of the past, to be lulled by good intentions and high rhetoric--and those who prefer that course should not cast their votes for me, regardless of party

面对这个边疆，知难而退，安于过去的平凡成就，停留于良好的意愿和空洞的豪言壮语，是比较容易的做法--喜欢走那条路的人，无论属于哪一党，都不应该投我的票。

You’ll wind up a rich mediocrity .

你最后会成为富有的庸才。

As so eloquently stated by Harold Shapiro of Princeton, ?an excessive zeal to avoid all risks is in the end, an acceptance of mediocrity and an abdication of leadership.?

普林斯顿大学哈罗德·夏皮罗教授说得好:“归根到底，过分避免风险只是甘于平庸，不愿充当领袖。”

Fortunately for him she had on the other side Lord Faudel, a most intelligent middle-aged mediocrity

算他运气，她的另一边是福德尔勋爵，一位十分聪明的中年庸才。

His talent is below mediocrity .

他的才能在普通水准之下.

His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity

他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇

They have often raised a man from mediocrity to success

它们常常使一个平凡之辈迈向成功。

The function of genius is not to give new answers, but pose new questions, which time and mediocrity can resolve.--H. R. Trevor Roper

天才的职责不是给出新的回答，而是提出时代和凡人能解决的新问题。--罗泊

Thomas Wolfe is not a mediocrity

托马斯?沃尔夫却非平庸之辈。

We reject the prospect of failure or mediocrity or an inferior quality of life for any person

我们拒绝失败、平庸或任何人的生活质量不好的前景。

We recognize the efforts and achievements of our people-rewarding and celebrating accomplishment. We value total dedication and teamwork and actively address mediocrity .

我们认可员工的努力和成绩--奖励和表扬成就。我们珍视员工全心投入的工作和团队合作精神,并积极改进不足。

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author’s idea and those of the public.

许多书藉的成功，是由于作者与大众之间，其想法之庸俗互相吻合所使然。

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius

一个平庸的人看不到比自己高明的东西，但是一个有才能的人却能立即识出别人的天才来

A team that lapsed into mediocrity halfway through the season.

在一赛季中途变成表现平庸的球队

Lapse into bad habits;a team that lapsed into mediocrity halfway through the season.

沾染坏习惯;在一赛季中途变成表现平庸的球队

Its usual blessing are happiness and mediocrity

这种性情通常给人的幸福是快乐和平庸。

||1:If this trend continues, Mr Zupanc suggests, it could amount to a German Mittelweg (middle path) in higher education.||2:At one extreme of the spectrum stand the Anglo-Saxons, who breed elite universities that most students either cannot get into or cannot pay for, but do less to nurture those lower in the rankings.||3:At the other are socialist systems which make higher education free and access easy, at the cost of less differentiation among universities and overall mediocrity .

||1:Zupanc教授表示，如果这种趋势延续下去，可以认为德国高等教育在走中间路线。||2:一端是以精英大学为主的安格鲁撒克逊人，学生筛选标准严格及其学费高昂，但这对名次下降也无任何帮助。||3:另一端是社会主义国家，由于其大学更加看重平等且普遍较平庸，高等教育免费，入学门槛低。

||1:Mr Hastings excessively admires two German field-marshals: Gerd von Rundstedt and Eric von Manstein, whereas only Bill Slim and George Patton rise above the general mediocrity of Allied field commanders.||2:Luckily, the tactical virtuosity of the Germans and Japanese was more than matched by their strategic incompetence in declaring war against Russia and America.||3:Less hubristic and more informed leaders would have realised that both countries had the manpower and industrial resources to prevail in a war of attrition.

||1:马克斯·哈斯丁极为敬重两位德国陆军元帅：格特·冯·伦德施泰特（Gerd von Rundstedt）和埃里克·冯·曼施坦因（Eric von Manstein），相比之下他认为盟军的将领中却只有比尔·斯里姆（Bill Slim）和乔治·巴顿（George Patton）非泛泛之辈。||2:所幸，德日两国的战略水平远低于其战术素养，对美苏宣战在战略上筑成了大错。||3:更谦逊、见识更为广博的将领会意识到俄美两国都有足够的人力物力打赢一场消耗战。

groupthink, conformity and mediocrity .

群体思维，整合和平庸。

"And it’s not a history of mediocrity . "

“这里的建筑史是很辉煌的。”

And crisis, not comfortable mediocrity , is arguably what BT faces today.

BT今日要面对的不是什么不痛不痒的小麻烦，极有可能是一场危机。

Dwight D. Eisenhower was dismissed as a dull mediocrity by historians in the 1950s and 1960s; his reputation today is very high.

DwightDEisenhower被五十年代和六十年代的历史学家斥为感觉迟钝的平庸之辈，但今天他却享有很高的声誉。

Had Henley continued on its existing path, it would have plunged into mediocrity , he says.

博恩斯表示，如果亨利管理学院继续现有路线，将会流于平庸。

There are no excuses for mediocrity and you pay a very high price for a little safety in life.

不要给做平庸找借口；你正为生活中一点点小安全付出了高昂的代价。

But the larger trend I observed drives any organization toward mediocrity .

但据我的观察更主要的趋势是任何组织都走向平庸。

Major league team owners, on the other hand, are rewarded for mediocrity .

但另一方面，大联盟球队业主却因其平庸而得到回报。

mediocrity of hearing

中度听审 ,中度听审