second-best

He refused to settle for anything that was second best.

他拒絕退而求其次。

柯林斯例句

We polished and wore our second-best boots.

我們把自己次好的靴子擦亮后穿上了。

柯林斯例句

I liked the deluxe edition, but I could afford only a second best.

我喜歡精裝版, 但我只買得起一本稍差一點的.

《簡明英漢詞典》

I like live music: for me, records are definitely second - best.

我喜歡現(xiàn)場演奏的音樂, 聽唱片可沒那麼好.

辭典例句

There is so much variety that you never have to make do with second best.

物品種繁多,從來不必用二等品來湊合.

新概念英語第三冊

When they have to choose between quality and price, quality usually comes off second - best.

他們在質(zhì)量和價格作取舍時, 往往要犧牲質(zhì)量.

辭典例句

Liquidating collateral is clearly a second best source of repayment. Why?

抵押品顯然并不是獲得貸款償還的最佳方法. 為什么?

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College - educated women typically see single motherhood as a distant second - best to marriage.

受過大學(xué)教育的婦女通常把做單身母親看作是婚姻之外的的一種無奈選擇.

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Mark couldn't afford the best bicycle, so he bought a second best.

馬克買不起最好的自行車, 所以他買了個二等品.

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He played Tony at darts but came off second best.

他同托尼玩擲鏢,但輸了.

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Liquidating collateral is clearly a second best source of repayment.

處置抵押品顯然并不是獲得貸款償還的最佳方法.

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I'm used to high quality and won't take second - best.

我用慣高質(zhì)量的東西,差一點兒的都不行.

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But now , irratonaily, Emma felt second best.

現(xiàn)在, 艾瑪感覺不如從前,還有點不合邏輯.

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The second best method in problem solving is to find the humour in it.

解決問題的次好辦法是發(fā)掘其中的幽默.

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The challenger fought such a good match that the champion came off second best.

挑戰(zhàn)者在比賽中打得非常出色,連冠軍也被擊敗了.

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