seconding

1. 第二(个人或事物) second person or thing mentioned or occurring

1. [C] 第二名; 第二类 the second person or thing in a particular grade or rank
2. [P] 第二份食物 second helping of food
3. [C] 秒 60th part of a minute of time or of angular measurement
4. [C] 瞬间,一会儿 short time; moment
5. [C] 助手,助理 a person who helps another in a job or piece of work

1. 第二 next after first in size, importance, time, order, etc.

1. 次等的,次要的 of an inferior or a less important kind

1. 其次,以第二位 in second place; after any-thing else; after the others

1. vt. 支持support
2. vt. 赞成某提案 rise or speak formally in support of a motion to show that the proposer is not the only person in favour of it

• take only a second只用一会儿

• for a second一秒钟,一会儿
• in a second一会儿
• in a few seconds几秒钟内

• every second day隔一天,隔日
• the second nature第二天性,根深蒂固的习惯

• second to仅次于…的
• second to the United States仅次于美国

• second a nomination赞成某一任命
• second sb's view赞同某人的观点

• second for service调动(某人)而委以特殊任务
• second sb for special duties调派某人给予特殊任务
• second to把(某人)调〔派〕到…工作一段时间
• second words with deeds以行动支持自己的言论

second half下半场；后半时

second time第二次

second order adj. 二级的，二阶的

second world第二世界

in the second half在下半场

second world war第二次世界大战

second place第二名，亚军

second stage第二级

for a second一会儿，片刻

second generation第二代；改进型

per second每秒

second floor（美）二楼；（英）三楼

second class（大学考试成绩）二等；二等舱；二流；（美）二等邮件（定期期刊等）

for the second time第二次

second hand旧货；助手；中间人

in a second立刻，很快

second level第二级

second to none首屈一指

second best居第二位的；仅次于最好的

second harmonic二次谐波

1. Her beautiful roses won the second prize at the flower show.
   她那些美丽的玫瑰在花展上得了二等奖。
2. Our goods are second to none in the world market.
   在国际市场上,我们的商品不亚于任何人。
3. The bookcase needs a second coat of paint.
   这个书柜需要再刷一层漆。

1. The train will leave in a second.
   列车马上要开了。
2. It travels thousands of miles per second.
   它一秒钟能走几千英里。

1. Second, smoking is harmful also to your family members.
   第二,吸烟也会给你的家人带来危害。
2. Second, he failed to make clear his true purpose.
   其次,他没有把他的真实目的表达清楚。

1. The motion has been seconded.
   这一提议得到了支持。
2. I second his motion that we should set up a special board to examine the problem.
   他提议成立一个特别委员会来研究这个问题,我赞成。
3. Mrs Smith proposed the vote of thanks, and Mr Jones seconded.
   史密斯夫人提议大家鼓掌表示感谢，琼斯先生附议。