B：How do you handle your failure？
      你怎样对待自己的失敗？

A：None of us was born "perfect". I am sure I will be given a second chance to correct my mistake.
      我们大家生来都不是十全十美的，我相信我有第二个机会改正我的错误。

A：Excuse me, can you tell me where Main Street is?
      对不起，你能告诉我主街在哪里吗？

B：Turn left at the second light and then go straight for two blocks.
      在第二个路灯处左拐，然后直走两个街区。

A：Is it far?
      它很远吗？

B：No. It's only a five-minute walk. You can’t miss it.
      不，走路只需五分钟。你不会错过的。

A：Thanks a lot.
      太感谢了。

B：You're welcome.
      没什么。

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？

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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？

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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. 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.

    e.g. For a few seconds nobody said anything...
           有几秒钟大家都沉默无语。
    e.g. It only takes forty seconds...
           只需40秒。

1. 第二的;第二个的
    The second item in a series is the one that you count as number two.

    e.g. ...the second day of his visit to Delhi.
           他到访德里的第二天
    e.g. ...their second child...
           他们的第二个孩子

2. (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.

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    e.g. The party is still the second strongest in Italy.
           该党仍是意大利的第二大党。
    e.g. ...the second-largest city in the United States.
           美国第二大城市

3. 第二;其次
    You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something.

    e.g. 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. 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.

    e.g. 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. 添菜
    If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food.

    e.g. There's seconds if you want them.
           如果需要的话可以添菜。

6. 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.

    e.g. 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. (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.

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    e.g. 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. 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.

second什么意思

    e.g. ...Bryan Sutton, who seconded the motion against fox hunting...
           赞同反对猎狐动议的布赖恩·萨顿
    e.g. 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. 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.

    e.g. 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. 听说地;非亲身经历地
      If you experience something at second hand, you are told about it by other people rather than experiencing it yourself.

      e.g. Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand.
             他们中的大多数人只是听说了那次大屠杀。

11. 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.

      e.g. Our scientific research is second to none.
             我们的科学研究是顶尖的。

12. 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.

second的近义词

      e.g. 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
      in the second place -> see place

1. 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.

second的反义词

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. Several hundred soldiers have been seconded to help farmers.
           数百名士兵被临时派去帮助农民。