second-best

1 He refused to settle for anything that was second best.

他拒绝退而求其次。

2 We polished and wore our second-best boots.

我们把自己次好的靴子擦亮后穿上了。

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

我喜欢精装版, 但我只买得起一本稍差一点的.

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

我喜欢现场演奏的音乐, 听唱片可没那麽好.

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

物品种繁多,从来不必用二等品来凑合.

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

他们在质量和价格作取舍时, 往往要牺牲质量.

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

抵押品显然并不是获得贷款偿还的最佳方法. 为什么?

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

受过大学教育的妇女通常把做单身母亲看作是婚姻之外的的一种无奈选择.

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

马克买不起最好的自行车, 所以他买了个二等品.

10 He played Tony at darts but came off second best.

他同托尼玩掷镖,但输了.

11 Liquidating collateral is clearly a second best source of repayment.

处置抵押品显然并不是获得贷款偿还的最佳方法.

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

我用惯高质量的东西,差一点儿的都不行.

13 But now , irratonaily, Emma felt second best.

现在, 艾玛感觉不如从前,还有点不合逻辑.

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

解决问题的次好办法是发掘其中的幽默.

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

挑战者在比赛中打得非常出色,连冠军也被击败了.

16 The first is always better than the second.

第一总是比第二好。

17 We have set the second best record of all time regarding the lowest number of League defeats in a season.

我们已经创造了英格兰职业联赛历史中赛季最少失利排名第二好的记录。

18 I give unto my wife my second best bed.

19 He was second best, he knew..that he never could be more to her than that.

1 居第二位的

next-best

2 第二等

second number two

3 第二流的

middling second-class second-rate second-string second drawer

4 第二等的

second-class

5 第二位的

silvern