1. 秒(a second 或 seconds 往往用以表示很短的時(shí)間) A second is one of the sixty parts that a minute is divided into. People often say 'a second' or 'seconds' when they simply mean a very short time.
e.g. For a few seconds nobody said anything... 有幾秒鐘大家都沉默無語。 e.g. It only takes forty seconds... 只需40秒。
第二(COMING AFTER SOMETHING ELSE)
1. 第二的;第二個(gè)的 The second item in a series is the one that you count as number two.
e.g. ...the second day of his visit to Delhi. 他到訪德里的第二天 e.g. ...their second child... 他們的第二個(gè)孩子
2. (用于形容詞最高級前)第二…的 Second is used before superlative adjectives to indicate that there is only one thing better or larger than the thing you are referring to.
e.g. The party is still the second strongest in Italy. 該黨仍是意大利的第二大黨。 e.g. ...the second-largest city in the United States. 美國第二大城市
3. 第二;其次 You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something.
e.g. The soil is depleted first by having crops grown in it and second by natural weathering and bacterial action. 土壤首先是被種植其中的作物消耗掉,其次受自然風(fēng)化和細(xì)菌活動的侵蝕。
4. 二級甲等/乙等優(yōu)秀學(xué)位 In Britain, an upper second is a good honours degree and a lower second is an average honours degree.
e.g. I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second. 后來,我考上了蘭開斯特大學(xué),獲得了二級甲等學(xué)位。
5. 添菜 If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food.
e.g. There's seconds if you want them. 如果需要的話可以添菜。
6. 二級品;二等貨;次貨;等外品 Seconds are goods that are sold cheaply in shops because they have slight faults.
e.g. It's a new shop selling discounted lines and seconds. 這是家新開的商店,出售打折商品和等外品。
7. (拳擊或國際象棋錦標(biāo)賽的)副手,助手 The seconds of someone who is taking part in a boxing match or chess tournament are the people who assist and encourage them.
e.g. He shouted to his seconds, 'I did it! I did it!' 他對助手們喊道:“我贏了!我贏了!”
8. 附議,贊同(提案) If you second a proposal in a meeting or debate, you formally express your agreement with it so that it can then be discussed or voted on.
e.g. ...Bryan Sutton, who seconded the motion against fox hunting... 贊同反對獵狐動議的布賴恩·薩頓 e.g. Your application must be proposed and seconded by current members. 你的申請必須由現(xiàn)任成員推薦并得到他們的支持。
seconder Candidates need a proposer and seconder whose names are kept secret. 候選人需要一名匿名的推薦人兼支持者。
9. 贊成;持相同觀點(diǎn) If you second what someone has said, you say that you agree with them or say the same thing yourself.
second在線翻譯
e.g. The Prime Minister seconded the call for discipline in a speech last week. 上周首相在一次演講中對嚴(yán)肅紀(jì)律的號召表示支持。
10. 聽說地;非親身經(jīng)歷地 If you experience something at second hand, you are told about it by other people rather than experiencing it yourself.
e.g. Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand. 他們中的大多數(shù)人只是聽說了那次大屠殺。
11. 不比任何事物差;首屈一指 If you say that something is second to none, you are emphasizing that it is very good indeed or the best that there is.
e.g. Our scientific research is second to none. 我們的科學(xué)研究是頂尖的。
12. 只比…差;僅次于 If you say that something is second only to something else, you mean that only that thing is better or greater than it.
e.g. As a major health risk hepatitis is second only to tobacco. 肝炎是僅次于吸煙的主要健康隱患。
13. second nature -> see nature in the second place -> see place
調(diào)派(SENDING SOMEONE TO DO A JOB)
1. 臨時(shí)調(diào)任;臨時(shí)調(diào)派 If you are seconded somewhere, you are sent there temporarily by your employer in order to do special duties.
second是什么意思
e.g. In 1937 he was seconded to the Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa as air armament adviser... 1937 年他被臨時(shí)調(diào)往渥太華的加拿大皇家空軍擔(dān)任軍備顧問。 e.g. Several hundred soldiers have been seconded to help farmers. 數(shù)百名士兵被臨時(shí)派去幫助農(nóng)民。
second英英釋義
noun
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
Synonym: second base
2. merchandise that has imperfections usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
Synonym: irregular
3. the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
e.g. he had to shift down into second to make the hill
Synonym: second gear
4. a speech seconding a motion
e.g. do I hear a second?
Synonym: secondmentendorsementindorsement
5. the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
6. a 60th part of a minute of arc
e.g. the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here
Synonym: arcsecond
7. following the first in an ordering or series
e.g. he came in a close second
8. 1/60 of a minute the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Synonym: secs
9. a particular point in time
e.g. the moment he arrived the party began
Synonym: momentminuteinstant
10. an indefinitely short time
e.g. wait just a moment in a mo it only takes a minute in just a bit
Synonym: momentmominutebit
second的近義詞
verb
1. transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
e.g. The officer was seconded for duty overseas
2. give support or one's approval to
e.g. I'll second that motion I can't back this plan endorse a new project
Synonym: backendorseindorse
adj
1. a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
e.g. second flute the second violins
2. coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude