secondary
adjective OPAL W
/ˈsekəndri/
/ˈsekənderi/
中等教育的;中学的 - secondary teachers
中学教师 - the secondary curriculum
中学课程
- secondary teachers
次要的;从属的;辅助的 - That is just a secondary consideration.
那只不过是次要的考虑因素。 - Experience is what matters—age is of secondary importance.
重要的是经验,年龄是次要的。 - secondary to something Raising animals was only secondary to other forms of farming.
与其他农业生产相对而言,饲养牲畜只是副业。 - After a while, his writing became secondary to his celebrity.
过了一段时间,他的写作变得次要于他的名人。 - Forests are secondary in importance only to the oceans in their effects on the earth.
森林对地球的影响仅次于海洋。 - The characters and plot become secondary to the setting and atmosphere.
人物和情节变得次要于背景和氛围。
- That is just a secondary consideration.
间接引发的;继发性的;次生的 - a secondary infection
继发感染 - a secondary effect
间接结果 - a secondary colour (= made from mixing two primary colours)
次色 - a secondary outcome
次要结果
- a secondary infection
词源late Middle English: from Latin secundarius ‘of the second quality or class’, from secundus ‘following, second’, from the base of sequi ‘follow’.