penultimate
/pɪˈnʌltɪmət/adjective
attrib.
- last but one in a series of things; second last倒数第二的:
the penultimate chapter of the book.
那本书的倒数第二章。
词源
late 17th cent.: from Latin paenultimus, from paene 'almost'+ultimus 'last', on the pattern of ultimate.