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determinerordinal numberadverbnounverbverb This is the second time it's happened. 这已是第二次了。 Italy scored a second goal just after half-time. 下半场刚刚开始，意大利队便射入第二个球。 the second of June/June 2nd六月二日 He was the second to arrive. 他是第二个到的。 We have one child and are expecting our second in July. 我们有一个孩子，第二个预期在七月出生。 Osaka is Japan's second-largest city. 大阪是日本的第二大城市。 Birmingham, the UK’s second city伯明翰，英国的第二大城市 The spreadsheet application is second only to word processing in terms of popularity. 就受欢迎程度而言，电子制表软件仅次于文字处理软件。 As a dancer, he is second to none (= nobody is a better dancer than he is). 他的舞技不亚于任何人。 They have a second home in Tuscany. 他们在托斯卡纳还有一个家。 teachers of English as a second language (= to people who already speak one or more other languages) She came second in the marathon. 她在马拉松比赛中获得第二名。 One of the smaller parties came a close second(= nearly won).其中一个较小的政党差一点就获胜了。 I agreed to speak second. 我同意第二个发言。 He is a writer first and a scientist second. 他首先是作家，然后才是科学家。 I came second (to) last(= the one before the last one) in the race.我在赛跑中得了倒数第二。 She did it first because she wanted to, and second because I asked her to. 她做那件事，首先是因为她自己想做，其次是因为我要她做。 This study has the following aims: first, to investigate how international students in the UK use humour; second, to examine how jokes can help to establish social relationships; and, third, to explore the role that humour plays in helping overseas students adjust to life in the UK.本研究有以下几个目的：第一，调查在英国的留学生如何运用幽默；第二，考察笑话如何帮助建立社交关系；第三，探究幽默对留学生适应英国生活所起的作用。 Let us begin by identifying some of the popular joke genres in the UK.首先我们来探究一下流行于英国的一些笑话类型。 Next, let us turn to/Next, let us consider the question of gender differences in the use of humour.接下来，我们来探讨一下运用幽默的性别差异问题。 Finally/Lastly, let us briefly examine the role of humour in defining a nation’s culture.最后，我们来简略地探讨一下幽默在界定民族文化中所起的作用。 This diagram illustrates the process of paper-making./This diagram shows how paper is made.这个图说明了造纸的过程。 First/First of all, logs are delivered to a paper mill, where the bark is removed and the wood is cut into small chips.首先，原木被运送到造纸厂，在那里去掉树皮，然后被切成木片。 Next/Second, the wood chips are pulped, either using chemicals or in a pulping machine.接下来，用化学品或磨浆机把木片化成浆。 Pulping breaks down the internal structure of the wood and enables/allows the natural oils to be removed.制浆过程使木材的内部结构分解，从而去除木材里的天然油。 Once/After the wood has been pulped, the pulp is bleached in order to remove impurities. /…is bleached so that impurities can be removed.木材制成浆后，将其漂白以去除杂质。 The next stage is to feed the pulp into the paper machine, where it is mixed with water and then poured onto a wire conveyor belt.下一步便是将纸浆送入制纸机，与水混合后再倒入金属传送带。 As the pulp travels along the conveyor belt, the water drains away. This causes the solid material to sink to the bottom, forming a layer of paper.当纸浆沿传送带传送时，水分蒸发，使得固体物质沉到底部，形成一层纸。 At this point the new paper is still wet, so it is passed between large heated rollers, which press out the remaining water and simultaneously dry the paper/…dry the paper at the same time.这时，新出的纸仍然是湿的，故让其经过几个巨大的热滚筒，挤压脱水并同时烘干。 The final stage is to wind the paper onto large rolls./Finally, the paper is wound onto large rolls.最后一步是将纸卷在巨大的卷轴上。 She can run 100 metres in just over 11 seconds. 她跑 100 米只需 11 秒多一点。 For several seconds he did not reply. 一连几秒钟，他都没有回答。 The light flashes every 5 seconds. 灯光每 5 秒钟闪一次。 The water flows at about 1.5 metres per second. 水的流速约为每秒 1.5 米。 I'll be with you in a second. 我马上就去你那儿。 They had finished in/within seconds.他们一下子就做完了。 He scored again in the dying seconds (= the last few seconds) of the game. 1° 6′ 10″ (= one degree, six minutes and ten seconds)1 度 6 分 10 秒 Seconds, anybody? 有谁需要再来一份吗？ When it's icy, move off in second. 路面有冰时，起步挂二挡。 to change down from third to second ‘Is Mr Burns available?’ ‘Just a second, please, I'll check.’ “我可以见伯恩斯先生吗？” “请稍等一会儿，我来查一下。” Can you wait a second while I make a call? 你能等一会儿让我打个电话吗？ Wait a minute—this isn't the right key. 等一等，不是这把钥匙。 For a heart-stopping second he thought he had lost his keys. For a second I thought you were my mother. He got a good second in history. His goal in the dying seconds of the game secured Rangers a 3–2 victory. I hesitated for a second before speaking. I only saw the man for a split second as he ran past. I swam to the other shore in mere seconds. I was counting the seconds until the bell. I’ll be with you in a second. 我马上就去你那儿。 If he’d reacted a fraction of a second later, he would surely have died. It took a couple of seconds to realize what was going on. She had wasted a few precious seconds. She wanted to spend every second with him. Sunny Boy came a close second to the winner. The end of the game is only a matter of seconds away. The game was lost in the final seconds. The room seemed to grow hotter with each passing second. The seconds ticked by. The young German runner finished a creditable second. This will only take a second. Wait a second—this letter’s been sent to me by mistake. We only have a few seconds left. We were three points behind with only seconds left in the game. Within seconds he had disappeared from view. For several seconds he did not reply. 一连几秒钟，他都没有回答。 Hang on a second while I find my keys. I’ll be finished with this in a couple of seconds. The light flashes every 5 seconds. 灯光每 5 秒钟闪一次。 The water flows at about 1.5 metres per second. 水的流速约为每秒 1.5 米。 They had finished in/within seconds.他们一下子就做完了。 Wait/Hang on/Just a minute/moment/second. Any proposal must be seconded by two other members of the committee. 任何提案须有委员会其他两名委员附议。 (informal) ‘Thank God that's finished.’ ‘I'll second that! (= I agree)’ “谢天谢地，总算结束了。” “可不是！” Davis seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Each year two teachers are seconded to industry for six months. 每年有两名教师派到产业部门工作六个月。 |