英语词汇“the next best thing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

C1 the thing that is best, if you cannot have or do the thing you really want:

I really wanted to work in television but I ended up in radio, which is the next best thing.

These sandals are the next best thing to walking around barefoot.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Quite good, or not very good

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单词	the next best thing
释义	English American the next best thing C1 the thing that is best, if you cannot have or do the thing you really want: I really wanted to work in television but I ended up in radio, which is the next best thing. These sandals are the next best thing to walking around barefoot. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Quite good, or not very good acceptable adequate agreeable all very well idiom all very well/fine/good idiom average cut fair half decent iffy impure indifferent kind pass patchy reasonable refined rose rough edges idiom satisfactory See more results » the next best thing something that is almost as good: If I can’t have cake, ice cream is the next best thing.
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