seconds
- n.秒(时间单位);瞬间;片刻
- v.支持，赞成(主意、建议等);附议
- v.临时调派;短期调任
- second的第三人称单数和复数
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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。
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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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He finished 12 seconds outside the world record .
他的赛跑成绩比世界纪录慢12秒。
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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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I 'll be with you in a second .
我马上就去你那儿。
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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 '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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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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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。