1.第二流的;二等的;次等的
1.次等货;次级品;二等战舰;二流人物
1.not of good quality
1.That India cannot seem to do any of these things suggests that it will always be a second-rate power.
然而印度似乎无法做到其中任何一条，它看起来总是个二流国家。
2.Even the second-rate rail systems of the next level are at least as good as anything pulling out of an American station.
即使他们的二等铁路系统也不比从我们火车站里拖出的任何一辆火车差。
3.Mr. Lin gnawed his lips. He vowed he would raise his prices the next day. He would charge first grade prices for second-rate merchandise.
那时候，林先生便咬一下嘴唇，决定明天无论如何要把货码提高，要把次等货标上头等货的价格。
4.As if things are not bad enough, Miss Lavish published a second-rate romantic novel, and inside, a kiss scene on the top of an Italian hill!
好像事情还不够糟糕，拉维希小姐出版了一本二流言情小说，书已竟有一场在意大利的山上的吻戏！
5.Gordon: I don't know what you're thinking, but I disagree. He is nothing but a second-rate actor.
戈登：我不知道你是怎么想的，我不同意你的看法。他只不过是个二流演员。
6.It was really like a second-rate TV drama. The whole family was crying. I had never imagined that it would ever happen to me.
这真像是一部二流电视剧。所有的人都在哭。我从未想过这种事情会发生在我身上。
7.Arriving at Forbes, he found a second-rate investment magazine running flattery about corporations.
麦克尔斯来到福布斯后，他发现世界二流投资型杂志却对大企业处处奉承。
8.Feel like the absence of a bachelor's degree on your resume is forcing you to settle for a second-rate job?
感到履历里没有学士学位迫使你满足于一份二流工作？
9.The rock is widely corroded, especially the second-rate hornblende is all over the rock.
岩石蚀变普遍，特别是次闪石化遍及整个岩体。
10.The president is satisfied with a second-rate American economy produced by his third-rate policies, " said Pawlenty. " I am not.
他说：“总统对用他的三流政策产生出的二流美国经济感到满意。我不满意。”