third-rate

adj.

三等的；三流的；低劣的；下等的

1. Among them,the top ones have fled to Shanghai,those of the second rank to Hankow,those of the third to Changsha,and of the fourth to the county towns.
   他们中间，头等的跑到上海，次等的跑到汉口，三等的跑到长沙，四等的跑到县城。
2. She grinds out romantic novels at the rate of five a year.
   她以一年五部的速度胡乱拼凑低劣的爱情小说。

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