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. 秒(a second 或 seconds 往往用以表示很短的时间)
For a few seconds nobody said anything.
有几秒钟大家都沉默无语。
It only takes forty seconds.
只需40秒。
Her orbital speed must be a few hundred meters per second.
其轨道速度一定是在每秒几百米。
Within seconds the other soldiers began firing too.
1ORD 第二的;第二个的 The second item in a series is the one that you count as number two. 第二的;第二个的
...the second day of his visit to Delhi.
他到访德里的第二天
...their second child.
他们的第二个孩子
My son just got married for the second time.
我的儿子刚刚再婚。
...the Second World War.
第二次世界大战
She was the second of nine children.
她在9个孩子中排行老二。
...King Charles the Second.
查理二世
Britain came second in the Prix St Georges Derby.
英国在圣乔治赛马大奖赛中荣获亚军。
2ORD (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. (用于形容词最高级前)第二…的
The party is still the second strongest in Italy.
该党仍是意大利的第二大党。
...the second-largest city in the United States.
美国第二大城市
3ADV 第二;其次 You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something. 第二;其次
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。
4N-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. 二级甲等/乙等优秀学位
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。
5N-PLURAL 添菜 If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food. 添菜 [informal]
There's seconds if you want them.
如果需要的话可以添菜。
6N-COUNT [usually plural]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. 二级品;二等货;次货;等外品
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。
7N-COUNT [usually plural](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. (拳击或国际象棋锦标赛的)副手,助手
8VERB 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. 附议,赞同(提案)
...Bryan Sutton, who seconded the motion against fox hunting. [VERB noun]
赞同反对猎狐动议的布赖恩·萨顿
Your application must be proposed and seconded by current members. [VERB noun]
12PHRASE 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. 不比任何事物差;首屈一指 [emphasis]
VERB [usually passive]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. 临时调任;临时调派 [British]
In 1937 he was seconded to the Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa as air armament adviser. [beVERB-ed + to]
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。
Several hundred soldiers have been seconded to help farmers. [beVERB-ed to-infinitive]
数百名士兵被临时派去帮助农民。
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