moderate or average in size, amount, or rank
(大小、量或级别上)中等的;普通的;一般的
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the village contained no poor households but a lot of middling ones. 这村子没有贫困户,但生活水平一般的有很多。
neither very good nor very bad
凑合的;一般的
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he had had a good to middling season. 他度过了一个不特别好但也不坏的赛季。
[predic.]
〈非 正式〉 (人)身体尚好的。
bulk goods of medium grade, especially flour of medium fineness
中档散货(尤指中等精度面粉)。
〈非 正式,旧〉 中等程度地
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middling rich. 中等富有。
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