seconds

PART OF A MINUTE 秒

1. 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.
   1. For a few seconds nobody said anything...
      有几秒钟大家都沉默无语。
   2. It only takes forty seconds...
      只需40秒。
   3. Her orbital speed must be a few hundred meters per second...
      其轨道速度一定是在每秒几百米。
   4. Within seconds the other soldiers began firing too...
      几秒钟内，其他的士兵也开始射击。
   5. Seconds later, firemen reached his door.
      片刻之后，消防队员们赶到他家门口。

COMING AFTER SOMETHING ELSE 第二

1. ORD 第二的;第二个的
   The second item in a series is the one that you count as number two.
   1. ...the second day of his visit to Delhi.
      他到访德里的第二天
   2. ...their second child...
      他们的第二个孩子
   3. My son just got married for the second time...
      我的儿子刚刚再婚。
   4. ...the Second World War...
      第二次世界大战
   5. She was the second of nine children.
      她在9个孩子中排行老二。
   6. ...King Charles the Second...
      查理二世
   7. Britain came second in the Prix St Georges Derby.
      英国在圣乔治赛马大奖赛中荣获亚军。
2. ORD (用于形容词最高级前)第二…的
   Second is used before superlative adjectives to indicate that there is only one thing better or larger than the thing you are referring to.
   1. The party is still the second strongest in Italy.
      该党仍是意大利的第二大党。
   2. ...the second-largest city in the United States.
      美国第二大城市
3. ADV 第二;其次
   You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something.
   1. The soil is depleted first by having crops grown in it and second by natural weathering and bacterial action.
      土壤首先是被种植其中的作物消耗掉，其次受自然风化和细菌活动的侵蚀。
4. N-COUNT 二级甲等/乙等优秀学位
   In Britain, an upper second is a good honours degree and a lower second is an average honours degree.
   1. I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second.
      后来，我考上了兰开斯特大学，获得了二级甲等学位。
5. N-PLURAL 添菜
   If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food.
   1. There's seconds if you want them.
      如果需要的话可以添菜。
6. N-COUNT 二级品;二等货;次货;等外品
   Seconds are goods that are sold cheaply in shops because they have slight faults.
   1. It's a new shop selling discounted lines and seconds.
      这是家新开的商店，出售打折商品和等外品。
7. N-COUNT (拳击或国际象棋锦标赛的)副手，助手
   The seconds of someone who is taking part in a boxing match or chess tournament are the people who assist and encourage them.
   1. He shouted to his seconds, 'I did it! I did it!'
      他对助手们喊道：“我赢了！我赢了!”
8. VERB 附议，赞同(提案)
   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.
   1. ...Bryan Sutton, who seconded the motion against fox hunting...
      赞同反对猎狐动议的布赖恩·萨顿
   2. Your application must be proposed and seconded by current members.
      你的申请必须由现任成员推荐并得到他们的支持。
9. VERB 赞成;持相同观点
   If you second what someone has said, you say that you agree with them or say the same thing yourself.
   1. The Prime Minister seconded the call for discipline in a speech last week.
      上周首相在一次演讲中对严肃纪律的号召表示支持。
10. See also: Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand. second-hand
11. PHRASE 不比任何事物差;首屈一指
    If you say that something is second to none, you are emphasizing that it is very good indeed or the best that there is.
    1. Our scientific research is second to none.
       我们的科学研究是顶尖的。
12. PHRASE 只比…差;仅次于
    If you say that something is second only to something else, you mean that only that thing is better or greater than it.
    1. As a major health risk hepatitis is second only to tobacco.
       肝炎是仅次于吸烟的主要健康隐患。
13. second nature → see: nature

SENDING SOMEONE TO DO A JOB 调派

1. VERB 临时调任;临时调派
   If you are seconded somewhere, you are sent there temporarily by your employer in order to do special duties.
   1. In 1937 he was seconded to the Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa as air armament adviser...
      1937 年他被临时调往渥太华的加拿大皇家空军担任军备顾问。
   2. Several hundred soldiers have been seconded to help farmers.
      数百名士兵被临时派去帮助农民。

1. Davies finished almost two seconds in arrears for third place.
   戴维斯落后了差不多两秒，获得第三名。
2. In this country a house is broken into every 24 seconds.
   在这个国家每24秒就会有一所房子被人破门而入。
3. He has been clocked at 11 seconds for 100 metres
   他100米跑了11秒。
4. She was silent for a few seconds.
   她沉默了几秒钟。
5. Her emotions had ranged from anger to guilt in the space of a few seconds
   几秒钟的时间里，她经历了从愤怒到内疚的情感变化。
6. He has knocked 10 seconds off the world record
   他将世界纪录缩短了10秒。
7. Goldsworth stared at me in silence for nearly twenty seconds
   将近20秒的时间，戈兹沃思就那么一声不响地盯着我看。
8. The decision had taken about 10 seconds once he'd read a market research study
   在他看过一份市场调研报告后大概10秒钟就作出了决定。
9. She lay still for a few seconds, trying to orient herself.
   她静静地躺了一会儿，试图弄清自己的方位。
10. The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds
    地震前有一阵巨大的轰隆声，持续了20秒钟。
11. He trapped Conn in a corner and pummeled him ferociously for thirty seconds.
    他将康恩逼进一个角落，用拳头暴打了他半分钟。
12. Thirty seconds later she reappeared and beckoned them forward.
    30秒后她又出现了，示意他们往前来。
13. Roger Kingdom set the world record of 12.92 seconds
    罗杰·金德姆创造了12.92秒的世界纪录。
14. Hold this position for 30 seconds, release and repeat on the other side.
    保持这个姿势30秒钟，放松，然后换另一侧重复。
15. Within seconds the other soldiers began firing too
    几秒钟内，其他的士兵也开始射击。
16. It's a new shop selling discounted lines and seconds.
    这是家新开的商店，出售打折商品和等外品。
17. He shouted to his seconds, 'I did it! I did it!'
    他对助手们喊道：“我赢了！我赢了！”
18. She's already shaved four seconds off the national record for the mile
    她已经将一英里赛跑的国家纪录缩短了4秒。
19. He left the party seconds before smoke was spotted coming up the stairs.
    就在他离开聚会几秒钟后有人发现烟雾顺着楼梯冒上来了。
20. She swam the 400 metres medley ten seconds slower than she did in 1980.
    她400米混合泳的成绩比其1980年慢了10秒。
21. She recorded a time of two minutes 8.74 seconds.
    她以两分8秒74的成绩创了纪录。
22. I can verify that it takes about thirty seconds.
    我能证明，这大约要用30秒的时间。