strike sb. as sth.困难

As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.

对于一个迄今为止由古斯塔夫·马勒和皮埃尔·布列兹这样的音乐家执掌的乐团而言，用这样的话来形容它的下一任音乐总监，至少在部分《纽约时报》读者看来，恐怕算不上什么褒奖。