second-stringer
基本解釋
- adj.後補(bǔ)的；替補(bǔ)的
英漢例句
- John made the second string on the football team.
約翰成了該足球隊(duì)的後備隊(duì)員。 - He made the second string on the football team.
他衹是足球隊(duì)的候補(bǔ)隊(duì)員。 - He has a second string to his bow.
凡事皆有兩手準(zhǔn)備。 - I'll just job down that telephone number. We have a baby-sister that can usually come but it does no harm to have a second string.
我要記下那個(gè)電話號(hào)碼。我們請(qǐng)的照看寶寶臨時(shí)工一般會(huì)來，不過有第二個(gè)供選擇的人是不會(huì)有害処的。 - A young man who learns two trades has a second string to his bow, so he is unlikely to be out if work for long.
一個(gè)年輕人學(xué)會(huì)兩種行業(yè)就有了兩手準(zhǔn)備，他就不大會(huì)長(zhǎng)期失業(yè)。