below-standard
below-standard — 形容詞
1. lower than the quality or level that people expect or rules require.
不合格
低於應有或規定水準
lower than the quality or level that people expect or rules require.
Inspectors found Rin's rental flat below-standard because bare wires hung from the wall.
稽查人員認定 Rin 租的公寓不合格，因為牆上垂著裸露電線。
formal inspection of housing quality
The school replaced the below-standard desks after two legs snapped during class.
兩條桌腳在上課時斷掉後，學校把那些不合格的課桌換掉了。
below-standard + product noun
The clinic's heating system was judged below-standard after patients wore coats indoors.
病人得穿著外套待在室內後，診所的暖氣系統被判定為不合格。
After one wash, Camila saw that the below-standard shirt had turned her towels pink.
洗過一次後，Camila 發現那件不合格的襯衫把她的毛巾都染成粉紅色了。
Customers complained when Omar served a below-standard lunch with soggy vegetables.
Omar 端出一份蔬菜軟爛的不合格午餐後，顧客開始抱怨。
- substandard
the closest synonym and more common in official English
- inadequate
stresses that something is not good enough for its purpose
- poor
broader and more common in everyday speech
- unsatisfactory
formal; often used in reports or decisions
- acceptable
good enough to meet the required level
- satisfactory
meets the expected standard
- up to standard
reaches the level that is required
- high-quality
well above the minimum acceptable level
文法句型
below-standard + noun
be + below-standard
judge/call + object + below-standard
用法筆記
Common in inspections, complaints, contracts, and written evaluations. It usually describes goods, housing, care, or work that fail to meet an expected or required level, not a person's worth or private feelings.