And despite all the hype about new entrepreneurs, they have had a mediocre decade.

并且尽管所有的宣传都是关于新企业家，他们也不过是度过了一个平庸的十年。

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Consequently, many people rely on either preconceived ideas or stock templates when setting down their credentials for a new position, dooming themselves to a mediocre product from the get-go.

因此，很多人在申请新职位的时候，不是依靠预先的想法就是靠普通模板，导致他们的简历简历指南从一开始就变成了平庸的作品。

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1: Well, it was no great shakes. The story was mediocre and the acting was just so-so. I was bored except for that new actress - she can't act but she's a beautiful woman.

他说：嗯，这片子毫不出色。故事情节一般，演技也不过如此。除了里面的一位新的女明星之外，其它方面都让我觉得腻烦。这位新星不会演戏，但她是个美女。这里他用了习惯用语no great shakes表示这电影毫不出色、相当平庸。

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Bill Belichick, the Patriots' head coach, will have an unenviable decision to make: whether to play a more traditional defense that protects against the pass and risk allowing Tebow and the Denver option running attack to murder them on the ground or to play a more run-focused defense that puts New England's mediocre cornerbacks on an island in man-to-man coverage.

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