second-class (also second class)

• 1. 

  ADJ If someone treats you as a second-class citizen, they treat you as if you are less valuable and less important than other people. 二等的 (公民) [ADJ n]

  例：

  Too many airlines treat our children as second-class citizens.

  太多航空公司把我们的孩子当作二等公民对待。

• 2. 

  ADJ If you describe something as second-class, you mean that it is of poor quality. 次等的

  例：

  I am not prepared to see children in some parts of this country having to settle for a second-class education.

  我不愿看到在这个国家部分地区的儿童们只能勉强接受次等的教育。

• 3. 

  ADJ The second-class accommodations on a train or ship are the ordinary accommodations, which are cheaper and less comfortable than the first-class accommodations. 二等的 (车厢、舱位等) [ADJ n]

  例：

  He sat in the corner of a second-class compartment.

  他坐在一个二等车厢的角落里。

  例：

  Seven second-class passengers prepared to disembark.

  7名二等舱的旅客准备下船了。

• 4. 

  ADV Second class is also an adverb. 乘二等舱地; 乘二等车厢地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  I recently travelled second class from Pisa to Ventimiglia.

  我最近乘二等舱旅行从比萨到了文蒂米利亚。

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT Second-class is second-class accommodations on a train or ship. 二等车厢; 二等舱

  例：

  "Is there any chance of a compartment to myself?"—"Not in second class."

  “有没有可能买个我个人的包厢？”—“二等车厢里不行。”

• 6. 

  ADJ Second-class postage is a slower and cheaper type of postage. 二类的 (邮资) [英国英语] [ADJ n]