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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries成績不振者
Pronunciation / Transliteration: seiseki fushin-sha
"彼は学校で成績不振者と見なされている。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who fails to achieve the expected or desired level of performance, especially in academic or professional contexts.
"Despite his intelligence, he is considered an underachiever because he rarely applies himself in school." - 2
An individual whose performance is significantly lower than what is expected based on their abilities.
"The teacher was concerned that several students were becoming underachievers due to lack of motivation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'underachiever' is a compound word formed from 'under' and 'achiever'. 'Under' originates from Old English 'under', meaning 'beneath' or 'less than', while 'achiever' derives from the verb 'achieve', which comes from Old French 'achever', meaning 'to finish' or 'to accomplish'. The term began to be used in the mid-20th century to describe individuals who perform below their potential.
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Sous-performant
Transliteration: Su pɛʁ.fɑ̃
"Il est considéré comme un sous-performant à l'école."
Unterperformer
Transliteration: ʊntɐpɛʁˈfoʁmɐ
"Er wird als Unterperformer in der Schule angesehen."
Sotto-performante
Transliteration: sotto-perforˈmante
"È considerato un sotto-performante a causa della sua mancanza di impegno."
Bajo rendimiento
Transliteration: baxo rendiˈmiento
"Se le considera de bajo rendimiento en sus estudios."
Abaixo do esperado
Transliteration: abaixo du espeˈrado
"Ele é visto como alguém abaixo do esperado na escola."
कम प्रदर्शन करने वाला
Transliteration: kam pradarshan karne wala
"वह स्कूल में कम प्रदर्शन करने वाले के रूप में जाना जाता है।"
表现不佳者
Transliteration: biǎoxiàn bù jiā zhě
"他在学校被视为表现不佳者。"
저조한 성과를 내는 사람
Transliteration: jeojohan seonggwa-reul naeneun saram
"그는 학교에서 저조한 성과를 내는 사람으로 여겨진다."
成績不振者
Transliteration: seiseki fushin-sha
"彼は学校で成績不振者と見なされている。"
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