| 单词 | secondary |
| 释义 | secondary (once / 466 pages) 1adj 2n 3n Something secondary is second most important. This can also refer to things that are not important at all. If you have a primary duty, that's what you need to do first. Secondary duties must be done next, since second is a form of the number two. You could say your secondary goal at a job is to get experience, if your main goal is to make money. Also, people will sometimes say, "This is our goal. Everything else is secondary." That means other concerns are trivial or unimportant. Either way, secondary things never come first. WORD FAMILYsecondary: secondaries, secondarily USAGE EXAMPLESCommonly called “secondary hearts,” these muscles pump blood back to our heart, allowing us to maintain our normal rate of metabolic activity during sedentary activities. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The defensive line, linebacking group and secondary are all areas of need. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “With the legislation currently in place, it’s incredibly difficult for law enforcement to track down guns that emerge from the secondary market.” The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher a secondary source a secondary issue secondary streams Syn|Ant inessential, unessential not basic or fundamental unoriginalnot original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual alternate, alternative, substituteserving or used in place of another auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementaryfunctioning in a supporting capacity collateralaccompany, concomitant indirectnot as a direct effect or consequence secondhandderived from what is primary or original; not firsthand second-stringbeing a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team standbyready for emergency use thirdhandderived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps tributary(of a stream) flowing into a larger stream substitute, utilitycapable of substituting in any of several positions on a team vicariousexperienced at secondhand primary of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary essentialbasic and fundamental firstpreceding all others in time or space or degree originalbeing or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of capitalof primary importance directbeing an immediate result or consequence firsthandreceived directly from a source first-stringbeing a regular member of a team original(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary particular, specialfirst and most important 2adj belonging to a lower class or rank Syn low-level, subordinate lower in rank or importance 3adj inferior in rank or status Syn junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern junior younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service 4adj not of major importance played a secondary role in world events Syn minor of lesser importance or stature or rank 5adj depending on or incidental to what is original or primary 2a secondary infection Syn incident, incidental (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence n coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil 3Syn|Hyper secondary coil, secondary winding coil reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit n the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen Hyper formation an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit |
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