| 单词 | second |
| 释义 | second1 /'sekand; 'seksnd/ adj 1 (abbr 略作 2nd) next after the first (in place, time, order, importance, etc): 第二的 (在地位，时间，次序，重要性等方面)： February is the ~ month of the year. 二月是一年中的第二个月。 Tom is the ~ son—he has an elder brother. 汤姆是次男 —— 他有一位长兄。 Osaka is the ~ city/the ~ largest city in Japan. 大坂是日本的第二大城市。 i ~-'best adj next after the best: 次好的; 第二好的： my ~-best suit. 我的次好的衣服。 n, adv: I won't accept/put up with ~-best. 我不愿接受 (不能忍受) 次好的东西 → come off — best, get the worst of sth. 输了; 被击败。 'class adj, n a (of the) class next after the first: 二等 (的); 次等 (的)： a ~-class hotel; 二等旅馆; ~-class compartments, in a railway carriage, etc; 二等车厢; ~ - class mail, sent at a cheaper rate. (英) 平信; (美) 印刷品邮件。 b class below the first in examination results: (考试结果) 第二等： take a ~-class (degree) in law. 法律科考试获得第二等优良成绩。 c (regarded or treated as) inferior: 平庸的; 低劣的; 社会地位低的： ~-c/ess citizens. 社会地位低的市民; 次等公民。 a adv: go/travel ~-class. 乘二等车旅行。 ~ floor n the one above the first (in GB two floors, in US one floor, above the ground): (英) 三楼; (美) 二楼： (attrib) (形容用法) a ~-floor apartment. 三 (二) 楼的公寓。，~-，hand adj a previously owned by someone else: 用过的; 旧的; 曾属于他人的： ~-hand furniture/books; 旧禄具 (书); a ~-hand bookshop, shop for ~-hand books. 由书店。 Cf 参较 used cars, b (of news, knowledge) obtained from others, not based on personal observation, etc: (指新闻，知识) 得自他人的; 非根据亲身观察所得的： get news -hand. 获得转述的消息。 ~ lieutenant n lowest commissioned rank in the Army. 陆军少尉。 j→'rate adj not of the best quality; inferior: 饺次的; 平庸的： a man with ~-rate brains. 头脑平庸的人。 Hence, 由此产生， I ~- 'rater n person with ~-rate intelligence or abilities: 中智之人; 平庸之士： a Cabinet made up mainly of ~-raters, 大部分由平庸之士组成的内阁。 ~ 'sight n power to see future events, or events happening at a distance, as if present. 预见力; 千里眼。 Hence, 由此产生，, ~-'sighted adj having this power. 有预见力的; 千里眼的。 .' ~ 'teeth n those which grow after a child's first teeth are out, 永久齿。 i ~ 'wind, wind' (3). ~ to none, surpassed by no other. 不次于任荷入 (事物) 。 2 additional; extra: 补助的; 额外的： You will need a ~ pair of shoes. 你需要额外一双鞋。 3, S~ 'Ad-vent/'Coming, the return of Jesus Christ at tfie Last Judgement. (最后审判时) 基督的再临。 ~ 'ballot, a method used in some elections by which, if the winner of the first ballot receives less than half the votes cast, a new ballot is taken, in which only he and the next candidate are voted for. 决选投票; 第二次投票 (第一次投票之获胜者不能获得过半数票时，就渠与得票数次多者间, 再举行第二次投票) 。 I ~ 'chamber n upper house in a legislature: 议会之上议院： The House of Lords is the ~ chamber of Parliament in Great Britain. 贵族院是英国国会之上议院。 [ ~ 'nature n acquired tendency that has become instinctive: 第二天性： Habit is ~ nature. 习惯成自然。 'thoughts, opinion or resolution reached after reconsideration: 再思; 重新考虑; 重新考虑后的意见或决定： On ~ thoughts I will accept the offer. 重新考虑的结果, 我愿意接受那提议 (价銭等) 。 I'm having ~ thoughts (= am not so sure) about buying that house. 关于买那栋房子的事我正重新考虑中。 4 of the same kind as one that has gone before; subordinate: 类似的; 附属的： This fellow seems to think he's a ~ Napoleon! 这家伙似乎认为他是拿破仑第二！ l 'childhood n old age when accompanied by weakening of the mental powers. 老老期 (伴以心智之衰退) 。 ~ 'cousin n child of a first cousin of either of one's parents. 堂 (表) 伯，叔，姑，姨，舅等之小孩。 play ， ~ fiddle (to sb), be of only secondary importance (to sb else). 做 (某人) 之副手; 居于次要地位。 adv in the ~ place; ~ in order or in importance: 第二 (地),; 次瞳地： The English swimmer came (in) ~. 那位英国游泳选手得第二。 ~ly adv in the next place; furthermore. 第二; 其次。 |
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