| 单词 | second-class |
| 释义 | second-class also second class 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If someone treats you as a second-class citizen, they treat you as if you are less valuable and less important than other people. Too many airlines treat our children as second-class citizens. Synonyms: inferior, lesser, second-best, unimportant 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe something as second-class, you mean that it is of poor quality. It is unacceptable for any children to have to settle for a second-class education. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] The second-class accommodation on a train or ship is the ordinary accommodation, which is cheaper and less comfortable than the first-class accommodation. He sat in the corner of a second-class carriage. Seven second-class passengers prepared to disembark. ...a second-class ticket. Second class is also an adverb. I recently travelled second class from Pisa to Ventimiglia. Second-class is second-class accommodation on a train or ship. In second class the fare is £85 one-way. 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] 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. ...a second-class stamp. ...second class letters. Second class is also an adverb. They're going to send it second class. 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] In Britain, a second-class degree is a good university degree, but not as good as a first-class degree. A second-class honours degree is the minimum requirement. Collocations: second-class status The rule only makes sense on the wholly unacceptable basis that cyclists are relegated to second-class status. Times, Sunday Times All of this tends to undercut staff effectiveness by relegating staff members to second-class status. Christianity Today However, market doubts about the package have surfaced amid concerns that it will add to the country's national debt and downgrade existing private-sector creditors to second-class status behind official lenders. Times, Sunday Times Most member states do not want to extend further veto rights, but the candidates for new permanent seats do not wish to accede to a second-class status. Globe and Mail As she demonstrates later in the manga, she can exercise immense control over her powers despite her second-class status. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 二等的 Japanese: 二等の |
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