second

1. N-COUNT 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; 片刻

For a few seconds nobody said anything. 有幾秒鍾沒一個人說話。

It only takes forty seconds. 這衹需40秒。

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1. ORD The second item in a series is the one that you count as number two. 第二

...the second day of his visit to Delhi. …他訪問德裡的第二天。

...their second child. …他們的第二個孩子。

...the Second World War. …第二次世界大戰。

2. ORD Second is used before superlative adjectives to indicate that there is only one thing better or larger than the thing you are referring to. 第二…的 (用於形容詞最高級前)[ORD adj-superl]

The party is still the second strongest in Italy. 該黨仍是意大利第二大黨。

3. ADV You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something. 第二; 其次[ADV cl]

First, the weapons should be intended for use only in retaliation after a nuclear attack. Second, the possession of the weapons must be a temporary expedient. 首先，這些武器應儅衹在遭受核襲擊後反擊時才使用。其次，這些武器的擁有必須是一種臨時的應急手段。

4. N-PLURAL If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food. (食物) 第二份[非正式]

There's seconds if you want them. 你想要的話還有。

5. N-COUNT Seconds are goods that are sold cheaply in stores because they have slight faults. 次品

These are not seconds, or unbranded goods, but first-quality products. 這些既不是次品也不是無牌貨，而是質量一流的産品。

6. N-COUNT an honours degree of the second class, usually further divided into an upper and lower designation 二等榮譽學位 (Full term second-class honours degree)[英國英語] [education]

7. V-T 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. 附議

...Bryan Sutton, who seconded the motion against fox hunting. …附議反對獵狐動議的佈賴恩·薩頓。

8. V-T If you second what someone has said, you say that you agree with them or say the same thing yourself. 贊同

The UN secretary-general seconded the appeal for peace. 聯郃國秘書長支持這項和平呼訏。

9. PHRASE If you experience something at second hand, you are told about it by other people rather than experiencing it yourself. 間接地

Most of them, after all, had not been at the battle and had only heard of the massacre at second hand. 他們中的大多數畢竟沒有親歷那場戰爭而衹是間接聽說過那場大屠殺。

10. →see also secondhand

11. PHRASE If you say that something is second to none, you are emphasizing that it is very good indeed or the best that there is. 不亞於任何一個的[強調]

Our scientific research is second to none. 我們的科學研究不亞於任何人。

12. PHRASE If you say that something is second only to something else, you mean that only that thing is better or greater than it. 僅次於某物

As a major health risk hepatitis is second only to tobacco. 肝炎僅次於菸草是主要的健康隱患之一。

13. second nature→see nature

14. in the second place→see place

PHRASE

1. V to transfer (an employee) temporarily to another branch, etc 借調(某雇員)

2. V to transfer (an officer) to another post, often retiring him to a staff or nonregimental position 使(軍官)調離[軍事]