英 [ˌsekənd ˈklɑːs] 美 [ˌsekənd ˈklæs]
adj. 第二流的；次劣的
adv. 坐二等车；作为第二类邮件
second-class //
形容词 If someone treats you as a second-class citizen, they treat you as if you are less valuable and less important than other people. 二等的 (公民)
Too many airlines treat our children as second-class citizens.
太多航空公司把我们的孩子当作二等公民对待。
形容词 If you describe something as second-class, you mean that it is of poor quality. 次等的
I am not prepared to see children in some parts of this country having to settle for a second-class education.
我不愿看到在这个国家部分地区的儿童们只能勉强接受次等的教育。
形容词 The second-class accommodations on a train or ship are the ordinary accommodations, which are cheaper and less comfortable than the first-class accommodations. 二等的 (车厢、舱位等)
He sat in the corner of a second-class compartment.
他坐在一个二等车厢的角落里。
Seven second-class passengers prepared to disembark.
7名二等舱的旅客准备下船了。
副词 Second class is also an adverb. 乘二等舱地; 乘二等车厢地
I recently travelled second class from Pisa to Ventimiglia.
我最近乘二等舱旅行从比萨到了文蒂米利亚。
不可数名词 Second-class is second-class accommodations on a train or ship. 二等车厢; 二等舱
"Is there any chance of a compartment to myself?"—"Not in second class."
“有没有可能买个我个人的包厢？”—“二等车厢里不行。”
形容词 Second-class postage is a slower and cheaper type of postage. 二类的 (邮资)
not the highest rank in a classification
同义词： second class
not the highest quality in a classification
同义词： second class
accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations
同义词： Cabin class / second class
of inferior status or quality
a second-class citizen ; second-class accommodations
by second class conveyance
同义词： second class
二等的
... second-classcabin二等舱 second-class二等的 second-handbag旧袋 ...
〖second-class〗∶ 第二等的;低于或次于最好的。
〖second-class〗∶第二等的；低于或次于最好的 〖second-rate 〗∶属于低等的质量或价值的 ..
... second-class 二等的 ; 次等 ; 以二等 Second-class Post 二等邮件 ; 两等邮件 second-class citizens 二等公民 ...
第二流的；次劣的
He sat in the corner of a second-class compartment.
他坐在一个二等车厢的角落里。
Seven second-class passengers prepared to disembark.
7名二等舱的旅客准备下船了。
We were second-class citizens and they treated us as such.
我们是二等公民，他们也就这样对待我们。
Supporters of the code, more than a decade in the making, praised it as enhancing the rights of women and girls, who they say have been traditionally viewed as second-class citizens.
VOA : standard.2009.08.27
Second reason we don't want over-qualified students in the class, it sounds a little nasty, but the second reason is, an over-qualified student, somebody who's, I don't know, programmed for Google for the last five years, is going to have an easy time in this course, but we don't want such a student accidentally intimidating the rest of you.
我们不希望高水平的学生来听课,还有一个原因，虽然听起来，有一点儿令人不快，但是第二个原因是，我们不希望，某位我不知道的高手，在为谷歌编写了五年的程序之后，很轻松地上这门课，从而使得周围同学,感到威胁。
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It's true that affordable rail passes and second-class coaches make train travel accessible to more people.
America did not return Okinawa's sovereignty to Japan until 1972, and feelings of second-class citizenship linger.
The protesters have been denouncing what they call second-class treatment by the Shiite-led government.
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