second
- det./ord.第二(的);另外的，外加的;(重要性、规模、质量等)居第二位的
- n.（英国大学考试成绩的）第二等，中等;秒(时间单位);秒(角度单位);（时间上的）一点;第二名，第二位;〈主英〉（中学或大学）二年级;片刻，瞬间;附和，赞成，附议;〈棒〉二垒;（决斗、击剑中的）助手;助手;支持者，赞助人;（除前述者外的）另一人（或物）;（车辆的）二挡;（拳击赛中的）辅导员;二度音，二度音程，（合奏中的）第二声部，演唱第二声部的人，演奏第二声部的乐器;副职人员，副司令员，副指挥;二级品，二等货，次货，等外品;（体育俱乐部的）后备队;（seconds）添菜，再来的一份食物;粗面粉，粗面粉面包;二级优等学位
- v.支持，赞成(主意、建议等);重复;赞成（提案等）;附议;（决斗等中）当……的助手;当（拳击运动员）的辅导员;〈英〉临时调派，临时调任，短期调任
- adj.第二的;另一的;第二次的;类似的;附加的，另加的;副(的);二等的，次等的，次要的;从属的;别的;（机动车的）第二档的;〈语〉第二格的;第二声部的;非天生的，后天养成的;隔一的;比喻性的;非原先的
- adv.(用于列举)第二，其次;以第二名，以第二位
复数： seconds 派生词： secondment n. 过去式： seconded 现在分词： seconding 过去分词： seconded 第三人称单数： seconds
secondordinal number
第二（的）
happening or coming next after the first in a series of similar things or people; 2nd
This is the second time it's happened.
这已是第二次了。
Italy scored a second goal just after half-time.
下半场刚刚开始，意大利队便射入第二个球。
the second of June/June 2nd
六月二日
He was the second to arrive.
他是第二个到的。
We have one child and are expecting our second in July.
我们有一个孩子，第二个预期在七月出生。
（重要性、规模、质量等）居第二位的
next in order of importance, size, quality, etc. to one other person or thing
Osaka is Japan's second-largest city.
大坂是日本的第二大城市。
Birmingham, the UK's second city
伯明翰，英国的第二大城市
The spreadsheet application is second only to word processing in terms of popularity.
就受欢迎程度而言，电子制表软件仅次于文字处理软件。
As a dancer, he is second to none (= nobody is a better dancer than he is) .
他的舞技不亚于任何人。
另外的；外加的
another; in addition to one that you already own or use
They have a second home in Tuscany.
他们在托斯卡纳还有一个家。
adv.
以第二名；以第二位
after one other person or thing in order or importance
She came second in the marathon.
她在马拉松比赛中获得第二名。
One of the smaller parties came a close second (= nearly won) .
其中一个较小的政党差一点就获胜了。
I agreed to speak second.
我同意第二个发言。
He is a writer first and a scientist second.
他首先是作家，然后才是科学家。
I came second (to) last (= the one before the last one) in the race.
我在赛跑中得了倒数第二。
（用于列举）第二，其次
used to introduce the second of a list of points you want to make in a speech or piece of writing
She did it first because she wanted to, and second because I asked her to.
她做那件事，首先是因为她自己想做，其次是因为我要她做。
noun
秒（时间单位）
a unit for measuring time. There are 60 seconds in one minute.
She can run 100 metres in just over 11 seconds.
她跑100米只需11秒多一点。
For several seconds he did not reply.
一连几秒钟，他都没有回答。
The light flashes every 5 seconds .
灯光每5秒钟闪一次。
The water flows at about 1.5 metres per second .
水的流速约为每秒1.5米。
片刻；瞬间
a very short time
I'll be with you in a second .
我马上就去你那儿。
They had finished in/within seconds .
他们一下子就做完了。
秒（角度单位）
a unit for measuring angles. There are 60 seconds in one minute.
1˚ 6′ 10″ (= one degree, six minutes and ten seconds)
1度6分10秒
再来的一份食物
a second amount of the same food that you have just eaten
Seconds, anybody?
有谁需要再来一份吗？
次货；二等货；等外品
an item that is sold at a lower price than usual because it is not perfect
（车辆的）二挡
one of four or five positions of the gears in a vehicle
When it's icy, move off in second .
路面有冰时，起步挂二挡。
二级优等学位（英国大学学位等级，upper second为二级上，较好，lower second为二级下，一般）
a level of university degree at British universities. An upper second is a good degree and a lower second is average.
（拳击比赛或旧时决斗中的）助手
a person whose role is to help and support sb else, for example in a boxing match or in a formal duel in the past
used to ask sb to wait for a short time
“我可以见伯恩斯先生吗？”“请稍等一会儿，我来查一下。”
‘Is Mr Burns available?’ ‘Just a second, please, I'll check.’
verb
VN支持，赞成（主意、建议等）；附议
to state officially at a meeting that you support another person's idea, suggestion, etc. so that it can be discussed and/or voted on
Any proposal must be seconded by two other members of the committee.
任何提案须有委员会其他两位委员附议。
‘Thank God that's finished.’ ‘I'll second that! (= I agree) ’
“谢天谢地，总算干完了。”“没错！”
second
PART OF A MINUTE 秒
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N-COUNT 秒(a second 或 seconds 往往用以表示很短的时间)
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.For a few seconds nobody said anything...
有几秒钟大家都沉默无语。
COMING AFTER SOMETHING ELSE 第二
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ORD 第二的;第二个的
The second item in a series is the one that you count as number two....the second day of his visit to Delhi.
他到访德里的第二天
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ORD (用于形容词最高级前)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.The party is still the second strongest in Italy.
该党仍是意大利的第二大党。
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ADV 第二;其次
You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something.The soil is depleted first by having crops grown in it and second by natural weathering and bacterial action.
土壤首先是被种植其中的作物消耗掉，其次受自然风化和细菌活动的侵蚀。
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N-COUNT 二级甲等/乙等优秀学位
In Britain, an upper second is a good honours degree and a lower second is an average honours degree.I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second.
后来，我考上了兰开斯特大学，获得了二级甲等学位。
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N-PLURAL 添菜
If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food.There's seconds if you want them.
如果需要的话可以添菜。
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N-COUNT 二级品;二等货;次货;等外品
Seconds are goods that are sold cheaply in shops because they have slight faults.It's a new shop selling discounted lines and seconds.
这是家新开的商店，出售打折商品和等外品。
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N-COUNT (拳击或国际象棋锦标赛的)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.He shouted to his seconds, 'I did it! I did it!'
他对助手们喊道：“我赢了！我赢了!”
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VERB 附议，赞同(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....Bryan Sutton, who seconded the motion against fox hunting...
赞同反对猎狐动议的布赖恩·萨顿
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Candidates need a proposer and seconder whose names are kept secret.
候选人需要一名匿名的推荐人兼支持者。
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VERB 赞成;持相同观点
If you second what someone has said, you say that you agree with them or say the same thing yourself.The Prime Minister seconded the call for discipline in a speech last week.
上周首相在一次演讲中对严肃纪律的号召表示支持。
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PHRASE 听说地;非亲身经历地
If you experience something at second hand, you are told about it by other people rather than experiencing it yourself.Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand.
他们中的大多数人只是听说了那次大屠杀。
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PHRASE 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.Our scientific research is second to none.
我们的科学研究是顶尖的。
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PHRASE 只比…差;仅次于
If you say that something is second only to something else, you mean that only that thing is better or greater than it.As a major health risk hepatitis is second only to tobacco.
肝炎是仅次于吸烟的主要健康隐患。
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second nature→ see:nature
SENDING SOMEONE TO DO A JOB 调派
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VERB 临时调任;临时调派
If you are seconded somewhere, you are sent there temporarily by your employer in order to do special duties.In 1937 he was seconded to the Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa as air armament adviser...
1937 年他被临时调往渥太华的加拿大皇家空军担任军备顾问。
noun
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- 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
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- merchandise that has imperfections;usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- Synonym: irregular
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- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- he had to shift down into second to make the hill
- Synonym: second gear
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- a speech seconding a motion
- do I hear a second?
- Synonym: secondment endorsement indorsement
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- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
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- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here
- Synonym: arcsecond
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- following the first in an ordering or series
- he came in a close second
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- 1/60 of a minute;the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- Synonym: sec s
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- a particular point in time
- the moment he arrived the party began
- Synonym: moment minute instant
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- an indefinitely short time
- wait just a moment
- in a mo
- it only takes a minute
- in just a bit
- Synonym: moment mo minute bit
verb
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- transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
- The officer was seconded for duty overseas
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- give support or one's approval to
- I'll second that motion
- I can't back this plan
- endorse a new project
- Synonym: back endorse indorse
adj
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- a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
- second flute
- the second violins
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- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- Synonym: 2nd 2d
adv
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- in the second place
- second, we must consider the economy
- Synonym: secondly
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Take the first right , then the second left .
在第一个路口向右拐，然后再在第二个路口向左拐。
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His second book is better than his first .
他的第二部书比第一部好。
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I 'll be with you in a second .
我马上就去你那儿。
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I 'd like a second opinion before I make a decision .
我在作决定之前，想听听别人的意见。
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This is the second time it 's happened .
这已是第二次了。
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We had to take out a second bond on the property .
我们得申请第二按揭以购买这个房产。
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The whole operation is performed in less than three seconds .
全部运算在三秒内完成。
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Take the second road on the right .
第二个路口向右拐。
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Last year , he was ranked second in his age group .
他去年在他的年龄段排名第二。
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One of the smaller parties came a close second .
其中一个较小的政党差一点就获胜了。
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It was her second break in the set .
这是本盘比赛中她第二次接发球得分。
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He read the letter more carefully the second time .
他把信又更仔细地看了一遍。
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The talks look set to stretch into a second week .
看来谈判十有八九要延续到下个星期了。
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How many stairs are there up to the second floor ?
上到第三层一共有多少磴楼梯？
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Her second husband was the exact opposite of her first .
她的第二任丈夫与第一任截然不同。
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Change down into second .
把车速调低到第二挡。
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The game slowed up a little in the second half .
比赛在下半场节奏略微放慢了一些。
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Each year two teachers are seconded to industry for six months .
每年有两名教师派到产业部门工作六个月。
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You can transfer data to a disk in a few seconds .
你可以在几秒钟内将数据转存到磁盘上。
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A good second round brought him level with the tournament leader .
他第二轮发挥良好，与锦标赛领先选手得分持平。
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He is a writer first and a scientist second .
他首先是作家，然后才是科学家。
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We have one child and are expecting our second in July .
我们有一个孩子，第二个预期在七月出生。
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I enjoyed the play , particularly the second half .
我很欣赏那场比赛，特别是下半场。
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I came second last in the race .
我在赛跑中得了倒数第二。
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The water flows at about 1.5 metres per second .
水的流速约为每秒1.5米。
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The play opens for a second season in London next week .
下周，这部剧将在伦敦开始第二轮演出。
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She clipped two seconds off her previous best time .
她把自己之前的最佳纪录缩短了两秒。
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There was a disputed call in the second set .
第二盘比赛有一个有争议的判决。
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We are now into the second half of the parliament .
我们现已进入了本届议会的后半任期。
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Our team came a close second .
我们队以微弱差距屈居第二。
指极短的时间，如转瞬即逝的刹那间，通常用单数。
Please hold on! She will be back in an instant.
请别挂断电话！她马上回来。
The instant I saw him, I knew he was the policeman who had helped me carry the box.
我一看见他便认出他就是那个曾经帮我搬过箱子的警察。
指很短的一段时间，多用于日常口语。
Can you spare a few moments to fill out this questionnaire?
你能抽点时间填写这个问卷调查吗？
He will come back to see you in a moment.
他马上会回来见你的。
指极为短暂的一段时间，常可与 moment 换用。
Don't worry, and he'll be back in a second/moment.
别担心，他一会儿就回来。
Just a second/moment, the reporter will come to interview you.
稍等片刻，那名记者马上会过来采访你。
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