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second-rate

/sek-uhnd-reyt/US // ˈsɛk əndˈreɪt //

二流的,二等品,二流,二等奖

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
    • : inferior; mediocre: a second-rate performance.

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Examples

  • Historically the reelection rate for members of Congress is in the area of 95 percent.

  • Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.

  • And as he adjusted to this change in circumstances, he screamed at himself a second time: Wait!

  • With a mortality rate of 70 percent, the more cases that arise, the deadlier this epidemic becomes.

  • A second document was titled: “Gambia Reborn: A Charter for Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy and Development.”

  • In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.

  • On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.

  • The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.

  • Roman Pane who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage alludes to another method of using the herb.

  • He set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”