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ˌthird-ˈrate adjective CHEAPof very bad quality 三流的；劣质的 a third-rate hotel 一家三流宾馆Examples from the Corpusthird-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 |