Secondary
['sek(ə)nd(ə)rɪ] or ['sɛkəndɛri]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen.
(adj.) belonging to a lower class or rank .
(adj.) not of major importance; 'played a secondary role in world events' .
(adj.) being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; 'the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher'; 'a secondary source'; 'a secondary issue'; 'secondary streams' .
(adj.) depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; 'a secondary infection' .
整理:莱缪尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
(a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
(a.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary.
(a.) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.
(a.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
(a.) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.
(n.) One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London.
(n.) A secondary circle.
(n.) A satellite.
(n.) A secondary quill.
杰瑞德校對
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Subordinate, inferior, not primary, not first-rate, not of the first order.
德怀特手打
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Subordinate, inferior, minor, unimportant, resultant, induced
ANT:Primary, leading, Important, prominent
校對:谢尔曼
例句/造句/用法:
- But these were secondary contributory causes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- But I never had any grudge against him, because he was so able in his line, and as long as my part was successful the money with me was a secondary consideration. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- A mistake, therefore, of right may become a species of immorality; but it is only a secondary one, and is founded on some other, antecedent to it. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The addition of the salicylic acid delays secondary fermentation in stock and export beers, which may then be kept for any length of time without becoming unsound or of unpleasant flavor. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- But this is a secondary consideration, and dependent on the preceding notions of justice and property. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Acquiring is always secondary, and instrumental to the act of inquiring. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- A prominent factor in the electrical art is the _Storage Battery_, Secondary Battery, or Accumulator, as it is variously called. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- We could avoid the main line of the retreat by keeping to the secondary roads beyond Udine. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- My being saved from pain is a very secondary consideration. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The high-resistance secondary circuit of an induction coil is located in circuit between the condensing surface and the ground. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Secondary sexual characters are highly variable, and such characters differ much in the species of the same group. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- This is a matter of secondary importance, like the principle of transposition which was intimated in the parable of the earthborn men. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Now the difficulty still remains, how to form an idea of this object or existence, without having recourse to the secondary and sensible qualities. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The rule applies very strongly in the case of secondary sexual characters, when displayed in any unusual manner. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
整理:罗拉