second best

The challenger fought such a good match that the champion came off second best.

挑战者在比赛中打得非常出色,连冠军也被击败了.

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。

He put on his second best suit...

他穿上了自己那套第二好的西装。

my second-best suit

我的第二好的一套衣服

The second best hope is the determination of companies not to disclose personal data.

第二大希望则是科技公司不披露个人数据的决心.

Hillary Swank won her second Best Actress award for her role as a female boxer.

希拉里·斯万克在影片中饰演一位女拳击手,由此获得了她的第二个最佳女演员奖.

He played Tony at darts but came off second best.

他同托尼玩掷镖,但输了.

There is so much variety that you never have to make do with second best.

物品种繁多,从来不必用二等品来凑合.

He put on his second best suit.

他穿上了自己那套第二好的西装。

Oatmeal is a good second best.

燕麦粥是个不错的第二选择。

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

一个复杂混乱的二流解决方案

Liquidating collateral is clearly a second best source of repayment.

处置抵押品显然并不是获得贷款偿还的最佳方法.

Back home, second place in the league table was Chelsea's second best finish ever.

而在国内, 切尔西获得的联赛第二名也是球队所取得的第二好成绩.

a second-best solution

退而求其次的解决办法

[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。

I liked the deluxe edition, but I could afford only a second best.

我喜欢精装版, 但我只买得起一本稍差一点的.

He proposed the " law state " as the second best alternative for the governance of man.

他提出 “ 法治国 ” 是统治人类的第二等好的选择.

My brother chose the best and I had to take the second best.

我弟弟选了那最好的,我不得不拿个次的.

The second best method in problem solving is to find the humour in it.

解决问题的次好办法是发掘其中的幽默.

He refused to settle for anything that was second best.

他拒绝退而求其次。

They soon conquered Sweden, with 1988's Look Sharp! becoming the second best-selling album in Swedish history.

很快,他们以1988年的专辑《真靓! 》征服了瑞典, 使之成为瑞典有史以来销量第二的专辑.

It was the first encounter in which that regal cat came off second best.

那只威风凛凛的猫在一场战斗中屈居下风,这是破题第一遭.

We polished and wore our second-best boots.

我们把自己次好的靴子擦亮后穿上了。

I wore my best tie and stuck my second best tie in my pocket.

我戴上自己最喜欢的领带,把另一条次喜爱的领带塞在口袋里.

But drivers written and distributed exclusively by hardware vendors are really only the second best solution.

但是由硬件卖方独占性地编写以及散布驱动程序,真的只是次佳的解决方案〔而已〕.