I guess now's as good a time as any to tell Dad about the car. 我想現在是和爸爸談談汽車的合適時機。

Browsing the Web is all very well, but it's a rather solitary experience. 浏覽互聯網好倒是好，但卻相當孤單。

People are asking themselves, is this as good as it gets?

Despite thorough preparation, England's cricketers were no match for India. 盡管做了精心的準備，英格蘭的板球隊員仍然不是印度球員的對手。

So she's got a part in the school play? Big deal! 哦，她參加學校的戲劇演出啦？真是了不得哦！

a dodgy haircut 難看的發型

His knowledge of Russian is very good though his Japanese is only fair.

Everyone is fallible. 誰都難免會犯錯誤。

That's a pretty feeble excuse for not calling your mother. 那是一個相當拙劣的借口，不能作爲不給你母親打電話的理由。

Experts say the flawed gene triggers cancer. 專家們說有缺陷的基因會引發癌症。

That engine sounds a bit iffy to me. 那台發動機在我聽來有點兒不夠好。

the imperfect world in which we live 我們所生活的不完美的世界

an enthusiastic but indifferent golfer 狂熱但技術平庸的高爾夫球手

One of his comments jarred with the informality of the occasion. 他的評論中有一句話與這種場合的随意氣氛很不協調。

a makeshift shelter/grave/hospital 臨時躲避處/墳墓/醫院

a mediocre performance 平庸的表演

I tried hard but I was no great shakes at boxing. 我很努力，但我的拳擊水平還是不怎麽樣。

Being your own boss isn't all it's cracked up to be.

We paid a lot for the hotel, but it wasn't up to much. 我們花了不少錢，這家旅館卻不怎麽樣。

‘I'm sorry I'm late.' ‘It's just not good enough. It's the second day in a row.' “很抱歉我遲到了。”“光道歉可不行，這已經是連續第二天了。”

The acting was very good but the music was nothing to write home about. 表演非常精彩，但音樂不怎麽樣。

The film wasn't much cop.

I'm not much of a detective, am I? 我不是一個好偵探，對嗎？

Your performance is just not up to the mark. 你的表演還是不夠好。

Town planning of a kind got underway after the war. 戰後進行了名不副實的城市規劃。

a highly overrated film 評價過高的電影

questionable behaviour/conduct/practices 值得懷疑的行爲/品行/做法

The graphics are slightly ropey. 這些圖表質量有點差勁。

Arthur will have to accept the fact that he may have to settle for second best. 阿瑟將不得不接受屈居第二的現實。

The life of a debt collector is no bed of roses. 收債人的生活並非總是稱心如意的。

‘How did the exam go this morning?' ‘So-so.' “今天上午考得怎麽樣？” “還過得去。”

The city is great. My diet, on the other hand, has been subpar at best.

a tolerable noise level 可以忍受的噪聲程度

Two cheers for yesterday's bold decision to cut interest rates. 昨天降低利率的大膽決定還是不錯的。

The place was full of tourists and the music was underwhelming.

The boat was unfit to sail. 這船不適合航行。

an extremely unsatisfying game/result/afternoon 令人極不滿意的比賽/極不如人意的結果/極不順意的下午

a solid but unspectacular performance 紮實但很一般的表演

The paint was so old it was unusable.

UN peacekeeping forces were found wanting. 聯合國維和部隊作用不盡如人意。

The tune is aces, but the video is weak sauce.