...a messy, second-best solution...

He put on his second best suit...

他穿上了自己那套第二好的西装。

[不可数名词]Sometimes you have to settle for (= be content with) second best .

有时候你只能退而求其次。

a second-best solution

退而求其次的解决办法

my second-best suit

我的第二好的一套衣服

The two teams seemed evenly matched but Arsenal came off second best (= did not win) .

两支球队看似势均力敌，但阿森纳队最后还是输了。

Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

愿意冒险才能进步. 你不可能又盗二垒,又把脚停留在一垒.

A left-handed thrower, Damon may quickly adjust to making throws like the 90-foot toss to second base.

大门左手投球, 也许可以快速的调整来投掷90尺到二垒的距离.

The ball connected with the smaller end of the bat and grounded toward second base.

球撞到了球棒的细端,然后向二垒滚去.

Charlie slid into second base with a double.

查理击出一记二垒安打.

The runner slid into second base.

跑垒者滑进二垒.

The runner slid safely into second base.

跑者安全地滑入二垒.

Her brother, the star player, is about to steal second base.

她那明星球员哥哥准备盗上二垒.

Many people will end up in serious debt as a result of a second mortgage.

需多人会因为二次房贷而陷入严重负债.

The Vietnam War dashed President Johnson's hopes of a second term of office

越南战争使约翰逊总统连任的希望破灭了。

Jack1 had gone to the university to study his history, but at the end of his second term, he failed his history exam, and he was told that he would be dismissed from university.

杰克去大学（university）里学习（study）历史（history），但在第二学期（term）末，他的历史考试不及格（hefailed his history exam）.同时他还被告知将被开除（dismiss）。

How long does the second term usually last?

第二学期一般持续多久？

Is the current President in his first or second term?

问：现任总统是处于第一任期或第二任期？

The second term commenced in march.

第二学期自三月份开始。

Without a second thought, he joined in the work.

他不加思索地投入了这项工作.

You have been together for 3 years, second thought about it.

你们已经在一起3年了, 再考虑考虑吧.