英 [ˈmɪdlbraʊ] 美 [ˈmɪdlbraʊ]
adj. 品味一般的；平庸的；智力要求不高的；中等品味的
n. 文化教养一般的人
middlebrow /ˈmɪdəlˌbraʊ/
形容词 If you describe a piece of entertainment such as a book or film as middlebrow, you mean that although it may be interesting and enjoyable, it does not require much thought. (书或电影等娱乐品)中等品味的; 品味一般的; 通俗的
This programme disproves the theory that TV, a middlebrow medium, is neither as smart as the smartest films nor as dumb as the dumbest.
该节目不赞同如下理论：作为中等品味媒体的电视既不如最富智慧的电影那样睿智，又不像最笨拙不堪的电影那样笨拙。
someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow
大中之道-引用次数：5
Liu Zhongyuan believed Confucianism. "Middlebrow"is the core of his philosophy.
柳宗元崇尚儒学,“大中之道”思想是其哲学思想的核心。
参考来源论柳宗元哲学思想的三个面向
... 极漂亮zingy 极普通的middlebrow 极谱polarogram ...
... 庸俗杂志 pulp magazines 平凡庸俗 middlebrow 庸俗的谈话 familiar talk ...
... [every;any;all] 总括所指范围内的一切 [middlebrow] 平凡庸俗;平常 [ordinary music] 平凡的音响,借指平庸的作品 ...
This programme disproves the theory that TV, a middlebrow medium, is neither as smart as the smartest films nor as dumb as the dumbest.
该节目不赞同如下理论：作为中等品味媒体的电视既不如最富智慧的电影那样睿智，又不像最笨拙不堪的电影那样笨拙。
In the middle of all this, the middlebrow general-interest magazines have tried to adapt.
在此期间，平凡的大众类杂志尽力转型。
Like Norah Jones8, Austen seems to offer middlebrow entertainment with an up-market sheen9.
就像诺拉·琼斯一样，奥斯汀似乎给中产阶级提供了一种高品味的娱乐。
And I think we're still putting on good shows here but more and more of them are middlebrow shows.
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With markups of just over 10%--most middlebrow retailers are closer to 30%--Costco is able to introduce its aspiring multitudes to increasingly upscale tastes.
She should ask him point blank if and why he thinks her views are middlebrow, and what exactly that is supposed to mean.
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