sec·ond·ar·y
adjective OPAL W
/ˈsekəndri/
/ˈsekənderi/
- [only before noun] connected with teaching children of 11–18 years
中等教育的；中学的 - secondary teachers
中学教师 - the secondary curriculum
中学课程
- secondary teachers
- less important than something else
次要；从属于 - That is just a secondary consideration.
那只不过是次要的考虑因素。 - Experience is what matters—age is of secondary importance.
重要的是经验，年龄是次要的。 - secondary to something Raising animals was only secondary to other forms of farming.
与其他农业生产相对而言，饲养牲畜只是副业。 - After a while, his writing became secondary to his celebrity.
过了一段时间，他的写作变得次要于他的名气。 - Forests are secondary in importance only to the oceans in their effects on the earth.
就其对地球的影响而言，森林的重要性仅次于海洋。 - The characters and plot become secondary to the setting and atmosphere.
人物和情节变得次要于背景和氛围。
- That is just a secondary consideration.
- [usually before noun] happening as a result of something else
间接引发的；继发性的；次生的 - a secondary infection
继发感染 - a secondary effect
间接结果 - a secondary colour (= made from mixing two primary colours)
次色 - a secondary outcome
次要结果
- a secondary infection
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin secundarius ‘of the second quality or class’, from secundus ‘following, second’, from the base of sequi ‘follow’.