形容词第二流的; 次要的; 第二地位的; 二类邮件的
副词二类地; 乘二等车地; 坐二等舱地
乘火车
A:We want to take a train to New York.
我们要搭火车去纽约。
B:Regular or express train?
要普通车还是快车?
A:How much time would we save if we took the express?
如果我们坐快车,可以节省多少时间?
B:About one hour. The next express train arrives in New York at 3:15.
差不多一个小时。下一班快车在3点15分到达纽约。
A:And how much more do we have to pay for the express?
那么坐快车的话,我们要多付多少钱?
B:First class is 24 dollars more, and second class is 15 dollars more.
头等票多付24美元,二等票多付15美元。
A:What do you think?
你认为如何?
C:As long as we can arrive one hour earlier, I don't mind paying a little extra.
如果能早一个小时到达我不介意多付一些钱。
B:OK.Then give me two second-class tickets on the express, please.
好。那么来两张二等快车票。
1. 二等的;无足轻重的;地位低下的
If someone treats you as a second-class citizen, they treat you as if you are less valuable and less important than other people.
e.g. Too many airlines treat our children as second-class citizens.
太多的航空公司把我们的孩子当作二等公民对待。
2. 次等的;劣质的
If you describe something as second-class, you mean that it is of poor quality.
e.g. I am not prepared to see children in some parts of this country having to settle for a second-class education.
我没有料到会发现在这个国家的一些地区孩子们只能接受二流的教育。
3. (车厢、舱位)二等的,普通的
The second-class accommodation on a train or ship is the ordinary accommodation, which is cheaper and less comfortable than the first-class accommodation.
e.g. He sat in the corner of a second-class carriage...
他坐在一节二等车厢的角落里。
e.g. Seven second-class passengers prepared to disembark.
7 名普通舱的旅客准备下船。
4. (邮件)第二类的,(英国)廉价慢递的,(美国)投递报刊的
In Britain, second-class postage is the slower and cheaper type of postage. In the United States, second-class postage is the type of postage that is used for sending newspapers and magazines.
e.g. ...a second-class stamp.
第二类邮件所贴的邮票
e.g. ...second class letters.
第二类信件
5. (英国的大学学位)二级优等的
In Britain, a second-class degree is a good university degree, but not as good as a first-class degree.
e.g. A second-class honours degree is the minimum requirement.
至少须获得二级优等荣誉学位。
adj
1. second-class
1. of inferior status or quality
e.g. a second-class citizen
second-class accommodations