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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

second class
  1. 1. 二等,二级,第二流

Collins English-English Dictionary

second class
  1. 1. adj the class or grade next in value, quality, etc, to the first second-class when prenominal
  2. 2. adj of the class or grade next to the best in quality, etc
  3. 3. adj shoddy or inferior
  4. 4. adj of or denoting the class of accommodation in a hotel or on a train, etc, lower in quality and price than first class
  5. 5. adj (in Britain) of or relating to mail that is processed more slowly than first-class mail
  6. 6. adj (in the US and Canada) of or relating to mail that consists mainly of newspapers, etc
  7. 7. adj See second
  8. 8. adv [education] by second-class mail, transport, etc

Examples

It must have been mailed a few days ago, with a second class stamp.
它肯定前几天已经寄出去了,上面贴的是一个二等邮票。
belonging to the second class
second-class honours
乙等
second class; Class B
下士
(U. S. & Brit. Army, Brit. Air Force, U. S. & Brit. Marine Corps) corporal; (U. S. Navy) petty officer third class; (Brit. Navy) petty officer second class
虽然理论上说人人平等,但他实际上只是个“二等公民”。
Theoretically, everyone is equal. However, he is in fact a second-class citizen.
经过一番品第,终于评出了本次大赛的一、二、三等奖。
After a certain appraisal process, we finally decided on the first, second and third class medals for this competition.

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