second-stringer
基本解釋
- adj.后補(bǔ)的；替補(bǔ)的
英漢例句
- John made the second string on the football team.
約翰成了該足球隊的后備隊員。 - He made the second string on the football team.
他只是足球隊的候補(bǔ)隊員。 - 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.
我要記下那個電話號碼。我們請的照看寶寶臨時工一般會來，不過有第二個供選擇的人是不會有害處的。 - 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.
一個年輕人學(xué)會兩種行業(yè)就有了兩手準(zhǔn)備，他就不大會長期失業(yè)。