second-class
[ADJ, ADV, NOUN]
1. （公民身份）二等的
If someone treats you as a second-class citizen, they treat you as if you are less valuable and less important than other people.
双语例句
例：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来对待。
2. 次等的
If you describe something as second-class, you mean that it is of poor quality.
近义词
second-rate
双语例句
例：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。
3. （车厢、舱位等）二等的
The second-class accommodation on a train or ship is the ordinary accommodation, which is cheaper and less comfortable than the first-class accommodation.
双语例句
例：He sat in the corner of a second-class compartment.
他坐在一个二等车厢的角落里。
例：Seven second-class passengers prepared to disembark.
七名二等舱的旅客准备下船了。
4. （邮资等）二类的
Second-class postage is a slower and cheaper type of postage.
ADJ. 形容词
1. 乘二等舱地 , 乘二等车厢地
If you travel second class on a train or ship, you travel in the ordinary accommodation, which is cheaper and less comfortable than the first-class accommodation.
双语例句
例：I recently travelled second class from Pisa to Ventimiglia.
我最近乘二等舱从比萨旅行到了文蒂米利亚。
ADV. 副词
1. [U 不可数名词] 二等车厢 , 二等舱
Second class is second-class accommodation on a train or ship.
双语例句
例：'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。”
NOUN. 名词
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