so-so a. 平常的, 还过得去的, 马马虎虎的, 一般的
ad. 平常地, 还过得去地, 马马虎虎地, 一般地
so-so[ adv ]- in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
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she plays tennis tolerably
[ adj ]- being neither good nor bad
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an indifferent performance
a gifted painter but an indifferent actor
her work at the office is passable
a so-so golfer
feeling only so-so
prepared a tolerable dinner
a tolerable working knowledge of French
So-so \So"-so`\, adv.
Tolerably; passably. --H. James.
So-so \So"-so`\, a. [So + so.]
Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable;
tolerable; indifferent.
In some Irish houses, where things are so-so,
One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show. --Goldsmith.
He [Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the
Tree of Liberty. --Prof.
Wilson.
- After a spate of so-so clothes and shows, Lacroix's offering was like a shot in the arm for fashion.
- The largest chain reporting Thursday was K mart Corp., which blamed the calendar shift for its so-so showing.
- Included in his generalizations, which the author notes "poured forth like a series of intentional faux pas," were that Irish were bad jurors, blacks okay, Hispanics so-so.
- Fifty-nine percent said the outlook was "just so-so" and 21 percent called it "gloomy," the magazine reported.
- Why $400,000? It was the price Mr. Finley had set for the sale of a so-so relief pitcher, and thus was "handy."
- Business was only so-so for retailers overall, reflecting a later Easter selling season this year, unsettled weather and generally sluggish economic conditions.
- The saddest part is that Ms. Hepburn herself is only so-so.
- His sixth film as a director, "The Hot Spot," starring Don Johnson, has been released to hot and cold reviews and so-so business.
- The acting and story-line got "just so-so" ratings from other viewers.
- Treasury Bonds The Treasury's so-so 10-year note auction dragged down prices of most Treasury notes and bonds.
- March 11 The Hutchinson (Kan.) News on college admissions standards: Mediocrity may be just so-so in most places, but in the Kansas House of Representatives, medocrity is excellent.