second

英[ˈsekənd , sɪˈkɒnd]美[ˈsekənd , sɪˈkɑːnd]

det. 第二（的），另外的；

adv.以第二名/位，第二，其次；

n.秒，片刻，二等货，二挡，二级优等学位，添菜，(拳击或国际象棋锦标赛的)副手；

v.赞成，附议，临时调任；

复数：seconds;

第三人称单数：seconds;

过去式：seconded;

过去分词：seconded;

现在分词：seconding;

名词：secondment;

词组

in the second place

second to none

英语四级真题

There's part of this sickening horror of knowing you're walking on the edge with this, that I kind of like, knowing that it could all fall apart at any second.

People in both groups used nicotine ( ' , 尼古丁) patches before they quit, in addition to a second form of nicotine replacement, like gum or spray.

Midlife seems like the second big phase of decision-making.

Leah's growth spurred her to open her second studio—and it wasn't for the money.

Honestly, I didn't need to open a second studio.

The second trip was made in October last year.

Facial photos of dogs and humans were displayed on the screen for 1.5 seconds.

During the second half of the 20th century, grain prices rose dramatically several times.

You may have heard some of the fashion industry horror stories: models eating tissues or cotton balls to hold off hunger, and models collapsing from hunger-induced heart attacks just seconds after they step off the runway.

Surely, the American ideal of second chances should not be reserved only for the rich and powerful.

Rather, it is to recognize that in America's vast criminal justice system, second chances are crucial.

Central heating was present in every upper-and middle-class home by the second half of the 19th century.

People were tired of using the iPad textbook besides using it for reading," says Kalpit Shah, who will be going into his second year at Irvine's medical program this fall.

in the year to March, the worst slide since the Second World War.

The problems with the nation's cuisine can be traced back to the Second World War.

The Second World War led to an inadequate supply of food  in Britain

Drink: The best way to enjoy the natural world is by yourself; the second best way is in company.

They need to extract as much information as possible from the first or second reading.

Listening to the radio came second.

The second most popular activity was driving

Mysteries and detective stories came second on the list at 53%.

Thus, time and time's relativity are measurable by any hourglass, alarm clock, or an atomic clock that can measure a billionth of a second.

If the show is a success, we can then look at making a second season for the following year.

In 1810, Careme designed the extraordinary cake for the wedding of Napoleon and his second bride, Marie-Louise of Austria.

In the second experiment meant to pit the mice's hunger against their fear, hungry mice were placed in a cage that had certain "fox-scented" areas and other places that smelled safer but also had food.

I've got a second interview with that big foreign accountancy firm in the city center.

Just lengthening that second stage of full-time work may secure the financial assets needed for a 100-year life, but such persistent work will inevitably exhaust precious intangible assets such as productive skills, vitality, happiness, and friendship.

midlife seems like the second big phase of decision-making.

People in both groups used nicotine patches before they quit, in addition to a second form of nicotine replacement,like gum or spray.

The Dutch king has revealed that for more than two decades he has held down a part-time second job alongside his royal duties.

There is no point saying you run marathons, if you are going to be out of breath arriving at the interview on the second floor.

While cereal remains a firm favourite among breakfast consumers in the UK and US, a recent investigation into the sugar content of "adult" breakfast cereals found that some cereals contain more than three-quarters of the recommended daily amount of free s

英语六级真题

Morgan's comments on outsourcing mark the second time this month that he has come out against one of Haslam's plans for higher education in Tennessee.

Within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, anything goes mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

This is much like a non-smoker getting cancer from second-hand smoke, while the heavy smoker is fortunate enough to smoke in good health.

South Korea opened its second Antarctic research base in 2014, describing it as a way to test robots developed by Korean researchers for use in extreme conditions.

It is building its second ice-breaking ship and setting up research drilling operations on an ice dome 13,422 feet above sea level that is one of the planet's coldest places.

The second element is passion.

But by 2014, the death rate from Alzheimer’s Disease for this age group have more than doubled, increasing from 3.8% to 8.5%, making the progressive brain disease the second leading cause of death for centenarians.

5 percent of the second group thought so.

It notes that, in recent years, experts have come to the conclusion that undernourishment between conception and a child’s second birthday can have serious and long-lasting impacts.

The second question is "How can I assess the investment risk of a particular bond issue

And with women a second factor comes into play:most seem to enjoy the flexible-time arrangement(once known as the "mommy track")and never find their way back to full-time or high-level employment

According to Blau and Kahn,Swedish-style paternal(父亲的)leave policies and flexible time arrangements pose a second threat to woman's progress:they make employers cautious about hiring woman for full-time positions at all.

Quite often, educators tell families of children who are learning English as a second language to speak only English, and not their native language, at home.

Meanwhile, a second group was directed to solve the same problems by collaborating with one another, without any prompts from their instructor

And when the two groups were tested on what they'd learned, the second group "significantly outperformed" the first.

In the second paragraph, the author challenges the view that the collapse of rain forests is caused by direct human interference.

The second related criticism is that Google's scanning of books is actually illegal.

The second rule is don't raise the stakes by challenging her authority.

The author's second warning is that we should avoid running a greater risk by challenging our boss's anthority

Today, a photo copier can do the work in seconds.

Question 14: For what were Dennis Hutton and his wife awarded the Nobel Prize a second time?

We can invent computers capable of processing ten million calculations per second

But can you spare me a second?

A recent study shows that meat consumption is one of the main ways that human can damage the environment, second only to the use of motor vehicles

For a start, all animals, such as cows, pigs and sheep, always gas limed methane, which is the second most common green house gas after carbon dioxide.

Packing up again with no picnic, Zac had to switch schools for the second time and space is even tighter

In the second stage, Doctor Bastian separated the dolphins into two tanks.

How did the second stage of the experiment differ from the first stage

But the movie that really made him famous was his second one, Rebel Without a Cause, that was about teenagers who felt like they didn't fit into society.

And in a second analysis, they found that where technology went, dips in well-being followed.

Currently, I teach consumer behaviour to undergraduates in their second year, and we look at all kinds of things in consumer behaviour and particularly how consumers are presented in advertising.

Every thought that you have affect your body chemistry within a split second.

If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says, it would make a strong case for a second stimulus—something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.

It notes that, in recent years, experts have come to the conclusion that undernourishment between conception and a child's second birthday can have serious and long-lasting impacts.

Our second study is about music, for this study researchers play music to babies through speakers located on either side of a human face.

Second, they rely on a system that has long been marked by a poor relation between national health and social care services.

So, we expect that the second part of the year will not be very good in terms of wage growth.

Steel's fragility at low temperatures first became a major concern during the Second World War.

The second less obvious one is that, in fact, innovation is too slow.

When all the participants proceeded to the second pair of tasks, the daydreamers performed 40% better than the others.

When the researchers repeated the laboratory experiment on the second and third nights they found the left hemisphere could not be stimulated in the same way during deep sleep.

within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, "anything goes" mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

You have to wait for the speaker to deliver quite a chunk of language before you then put it into the second language, which puts your short-term memory under intense stress.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

秒(a second 或 seconds 往往用以表示很短的时间)

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.

例句

英汉词典释义

n.

第二名; 第二类

第二份食物，再来的一份食物

助手, 助理

秒

瞬间, 一会儿，片刻

1 次货；二等货；等外品 2 （车辆的）二挡 3 二级优等学位 4 拳击比赛或旧时决斗中的）助手

pron.

第二(个人或事物)

num.

第二

adj.

次等的, 次要的

（重要性、规模、质量等）居第二位的

另外的，外加的

adv.

（用于列举）第二，其次, 以第二位，以第二名

vt.

支持

赞成某提案

附议

临时调派；短期调任

英英词典释义

Noun

1. 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

2. an indefinitely short time;

3. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 2nd base

4. a particular point in time;

5. following the first in an ordering or series;

6. a 60th part of a minute of arc;

7. the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match

8. a speech seconding a motion;

9. the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle;

10. merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name

Verb

1. give support or one's approval to;

2. transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment;

Adjective

1. coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude

2. coming next after first;

3. a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first;

4. having the second highest gear ratio;

Adverb

1. in the second place;

行业词典

体育： 辅导员；助手；第二姿势；秒；二垒；

医学： 秒：时间单位，1秒＝1／60分；

物理学： 二级相变： second-order phase transition；二级相干性： second-order coherence；

电力： 二阶电路： second-order circuit；

金融： 汇票的第二份；