so-so

短语
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a. 平常的, 还过得去的, 马马虎虎的, 一般的 adv. 平常地, 还过得去地, 马马虎虎地, 一般地

发音

US /ˈsəʊˌsəʊ/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.

    马马虎虎

    非正式

    The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Neither very well nor very poorly.

    马马虎虎

    非正式

    He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

indifferent

近义相关 1

ordinary
副词

同义词 2

acceptably tolerably

词源

From Middle English so so, from Old English swā swā, equivalent to so + so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).

来源：wiktionary