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seconded

/sek-uhnd/US // ˈsɛk ənd //UK // (ˈsɛkənd) //

附议的,附议,附议的是,次要的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
    • : being the latter of two equal parts.
    • : next after the first in place, time, or value: the second house from the corner.
    • : next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance: the second person in the company.
    • : alternate; other: I have my hair cut every second week.
    • : inferior or subordinate; secondary.
    • : Grammar. noting or pertaining to the second person.
    • : Music. being the lower of two parts for the same instrument or voice: second horn; second alto.
    • : other or another: a second Solomon.
    • : Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which drive shaft speed is greater than that of low gear but not so great as that of other gears for a given engine crankshaft speed: second gear.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a second part.
    • : the second member of a series.
    • : a person who aids or supports another; assistant; backer.
    • : Boxing. a person who, between rounds of a prizefight, gives aid, advice, etc., to a boxer.
    • : a person who serves as a representative or attendant of a duelist.
    • : Automotive. second gear.
    • : a person or thing that is next after the first in place, time, or value.
    • : a person or thing that is next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance.
    • : Usually seconds. an additional helping of food: He had seconds on the meat and potatoes.
    • : a person who expresses formal support of a motion so that it may be discussed or put to a vote.an act or instance of doing this.
    • : a type or grade of college degree granted according to a student's performance on specific written and oral examinations.
    • : Music. a tone on the next degree from a given tone.the interval between such tones.the harmonic combination of such tones.the lower of two parts in a piece of concerted music.a voice or instrument performing such a part.an alto.
    • : Usually seconds .Commerce. goods below the first or highest quality, especially containing visible flaws.Compare first, third.
    • : Metallurgy. a piece of somewhat defective but salable tin plate.
    • : Baseball. second base.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to assist or support.
    • : to further or advance, as aims.
    • : to express formal support of, as a necessary preliminary to further discussion or to voting.
    • : to act as second to.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in the second place, group, etc.; secondly: The catcher is batting second.

Phrases

  • second banana
  • second best
  • second childhood
  • second class
  • second cousin
  • second fiddle
  • second hand
  • second nature
  • second sight
  • second thoughts
  • second to none
  • second wind
  • at second hand
  • come off (second best)
  • in a flash (second)
  • in the first (second) place
  • on second thought
  • play second fiddle
  • split second
  • top (second) banana

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • With Roblox joining the end-of-year unicorn stampede toward the public markets, we’re set for a contentedly busy second half of November and early December.

  • For the second year in a row, Jones drafted a player well above his anticipated landing spot.

  • The next, undisclosed product will launch in the second quarter of 2021.

  • Other students — who speak English as a second language, have special-education needs or come from low-income families — filled the remaining seats.

  • It measured my bucket-based “swimming” as lasting for 5 minutes and 5 seconds, and thought that I’d traveled 21 yards.

  • Iraqi banks are seconded to commit fraudulent transactions and sell currency at inflated prices.

  • Johnson was seconded by futurists and utopians for whom a society of spontaneous pleasure seemed at hand.

  • And with rare honorable exceptions - John McCain, Bill Kristol - Republicans have seconded him in his preposterous paranoia.

  • Menino was seconded and thirded by Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and San Francisco mayor Edwin Lee.

  • This recollection was apparently seconded by Harry Rosenfeld.

  • And a rampant ache in my head, seconded by a medium-sized gash in the scalp, didn't make for an access of optimism at that moment.

  • In this she was seconded by one or two women in her circle and by Mlle. des Touches.

  • But though the effort was not seconded as it should have been, none the less honour is due to the exemplary men who made it.

  • Lyttleton seconded the Address, matter good, manner ridiculous.

  • On the other hand, Mr. Denison proposed that Mr. Abercromby should take the chair, which motion was seconded by Mr. Orde.