英语词汇“secondary”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

secondary

/ˈsɛk(ə)nd(ə)ri

adjective

1Coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary: luck plays a role, but it’s ultimately secondary to local knowledge...

But, important as it was, it was still secondary to Johnny's primary concern and that was people.
Each group or person has individual goals - but in a partnership, they have to be secondary to the primary joint goal.
In some senses, the race is secondary to the social importance of this event.

Synonyms

subordinate, lesser, lower, lower-level, minor, peripheral, incidental, tangential, marginal, ancillary, subsidiary, subservient, non-essential, inessential, of little account, unimportant, less important

indirect, non-primary, derived, derivative, resulting, resultant, concomitant, accompanying, consequential, contingent, second-hand

alternative, spare, extra, additional, another, backup, supporting, relief, fallback, substitute, auxiliary;

North American alternate

1.1Relating to education for children from the age of eleven to sixteen or eighteen: a secondary school...

All four colleges provided training for secondary school teachers on integrated academic curricula.
I teach them for eight years before they go to boarding school to complete their secondary education.
Primary education lasts until the age of eleven, followed by secondary education.

1.2Having a reversible chemical reaction and therefore able to store energy: the lead-acid accumulator used in cars consists of secondary cells...

ATP is the power molecule used all over organisms and their cells to power the secondary reactions that keep us alive.

1.3Relating to or denoting the output side of a device using electromagnetic induction, especially in a transformer: the primary and secondary coils of the transformer...

Apply the ac voltage to the primary winding and expect output voltage at the secondary side.
The burst in current causes a change in voltage in the secondary coil, which in turn causes a change in voltage in the feedback coil.
The reverse polarity creates a peak current about twice as high as the six amps of coil current on the primary side, and a higher peak-to-peak current on the secondary side.

2 (Secondary) Geology former term for Mesozoic.We learn that there was a time when Cephalopoda were the highest types of animal life; and that during the secondary period they were anatomically raised far above any forms of the reptile class now living in the world....

These big limestone tables are formed in the secondary era.

3 Chemistry (Of an organic compound) having its functional group located on a carbon atom which is bonded to two other carbon atoms.Similar to ions, secreted secondary compounds are positioned to be leached to the soil, in some cases for the purpose of contributing to allelopathy....

Manufacture of ketones can also be carried out by the dehydrogenation of a secondary alcohol at high temperature.
Just aft of the close-coupled catalyst sits a particulate filter and secondary oxidation catalyst.

3.1(Chiefly of amines) derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by organic groups.Reaction with nitrous acid is used to distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary amines....

Tricyclic antidepressants may be categorized as secondary or tertiary amines.
The acidic pH of the stomach would favour the nitrosation of secondary and tertiary amines in the quid.

noun (plural secondaries)

1Short for:The Government has been accused of distorting school league tables in a bid to persuade secondaries to impose its new diploma on pupils....

Schools across the country can use lotteries to stop middle-class children dominating the best secondaries, a Government minister said last night.
The expansion plans will be welcomed by parents who have found the existing church secondaries heavily oversubscribed.

1.1British A secondary school.About a third of Kent secondaries are grammar schools, another third secondary moderns and the rest comprehensives....

Ofsted inspected 3,041 primary schools, 122 nurseries and 551 secondaries.
St Matthew's was one of eighty four schools to close in Manchester - 66 primaries, 10 secondaries and eight special schools.

1.2 Ornithology A secondary feather.One or more additional layers of shorter feathers may overlie the proximal parts of the flight primaries and secondaries....

Characteristics shared with other Apodiformes include: tiny feet, long wings with long primaries, short humeri and short secondaries.
The white secondaries of each wing were clearly visible, separated by the black back of the bird, and they reached all the way to the trailing edge of the wings.

1.3A secondary coil or winding in an electrical transformer.Each secondary will feature 672 voice-coil actuators, now in the final stages of fabrication in Italy.

2 (the Secondary) Geology, dated The Secondary or Mesozoic era.

Derivatives

secondariness

noun ...

Even the way in which Eliza on the ice, Eva on her deathbed, or Tom's whipping at the hands of Legree persist as types outside of the novel suggests a certain unreality or secondariness about the novel's world.
The difference here is that the transformative power of echo is also used to assert an authoritative position, hence complicating the gendered association between echo and secondariness.
And history it seems is not a text, a reproduction; or at least the question is avoided by pointing at the allegedly exemplary secondariness of literature.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin secundarius 'of the second quality or class', from secundus (see second¹).

单词	secondary
释义	secondary /ˈsɛk(ə)nd(ə)ri / adjective 1Coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary: luck plays a role, but it’s ultimately secondary to* local knowledge... But, important as it was, it was still secondary to Johnny's primary concern and that was people. Each group or person has individual goals - but in a partnership, they have to be secondary to the primary joint goal. In some senses, the race is secondary to the social importance of this event. Synonyms subordinate, lesser, lower, lower-level, minor, peripheral, incidental, tangential, marginal, ancillary, subsidiary, subservient, non-essential, inessential, of little account, unimportant, less important indirect, non-primary, derived, derivative, resulting, resultant, concomitant, accompanying, consequential, contingent, second-hand alternative, spare, extra, additional, another, backup, supporting, relief, fallback, substitute, auxiliary; North American* alternate 1.1Relating to education for children from the age of eleven to sixteen or eighteen: a secondary school... All four colleges provided training for secondary school teachers on integrated academic curricula. I teach them for eight years before they go to boarding school to complete their secondary education. Primary education lasts until the age of eleven, followed by secondary education. 1.2Having a reversible chemical reaction and therefore able to store energy: the lead-acid accumulator used in cars consists of secondary cells... ATP is the power molecule used all over organisms and their cells to power the secondary reactions that keep us alive. 1.3Relating to or denoting the output side of a device using electromagnetic induction, especially in a transformer: the primary and secondary coils of the transformer... Apply the ac voltage to the primary winding and expect output voltage at the secondary side. The burst in current causes a change in voltage in the secondary coil, which in turn causes a change in voltage in the feedback coil. The reverse polarity creates a peak current about twice as high as the six amps of coil current on the primary side, and a higher peak-to-peak current on the secondary side. 2 (Secondary) Geology former term for Mesozoic.We learn that there was a time when Cephalopoda were the highest types of animal life; and that during the secondary period they were anatomically raised far above any forms of the reptile class now living in the world.... These big limestone tables are formed in the secondary era. 3 Chemistry (Of an organic compound) having its functional group located on a carbon atom which is bonded to two other carbon atoms.Similar to ions, secreted secondary compounds are positioned to be leached to the soil, in some cases for the purpose of contributing to allelopathy.... Manufacture of ketones can also be carried out by the dehydrogenation of a secondary alcohol at high temperature. Just aft of the close-coupled catalyst sits a particulate filter and secondary oxidation catalyst. 3.1(Chiefly of amines) derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by organic groups.Reaction with nitrous acid is used to distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary amines.... Tricyclic antidepressants may be categorized as secondary or tertiary amines. The acidic pH of the stomach would favour the nitrosation of secondary and tertiary amines in the quid. noun (plural secondaries) 1Short for:The Government has been accused of distorting school league tables in a bid to persuade secondaries to impose its new diploma on pupils.... Schools across the country can use lotteries to stop middle-class children dominating the best secondaries, a Government minister said last night. The expansion plans will be welcomed by parents who have found the existing church secondaries heavily oversubscribed. 1.1British A secondary school.About a third of Kent secondaries are grammar schools, another third secondary moderns and the rest comprehensives.... Ofsted inspected 3,041 primary schools, 122 nurseries and 551 secondaries. St Matthew's was one of eighty four schools to close in Manchester - 66 primaries, 10 secondaries and eight special schools. 1.2 Ornithology A secondary feather.One or more additional layers of shorter feathers may overlie the proximal parts of the flight primaries and secondaries.... Characteristics shared with other Apodiformes include: tiny feet, long wings with long primaries, short humeri and short secondaries. The white secondaries of each wing were clearly visible, separated by the black back of the bird, and they reached all the way to the trailing edge of the wings. 1.3A secondary coil or winding in an electrical transformer.Each secondary will feature 672 voice-coil actuators, now in the final stages of fabrication in Italy. 2 (the Secondary) Geology, dated The Secondary or Mesozoic era. Derivatives secondariness noun ... Even the way in which Eliza on the ice, Eva on her deathbed, or Tom's whipping at the hands of Legree persist as types outside of the novel suggests a certain unreality or secondariness about the novel's world. The difference here is that the transformative power of echo is also used to assert an authoritative position, hence complicating the gendered association between echo and secondariness. And history it seems is not a text, a reproduction; or at least the question is avoided by pointing at the allegedly exemplary secondariness of literature. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin secundarius 'of the second quality or class', from secundus (see second¹).
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