second (in a competition); occupying second place
second after; second only to
dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
substandard products; defective; seconds
undersecretary; secondary official
number of times; frequency; order number (in a series); power (math.); degree of a polynomial (math.)
(raised to the) nth power
derivative; secondary; sub-
order; sequence; one after another
second class; second rate
non-canonical text; dubious classic text; Apocrypha
inferior goods; substandard products
extremely poor but not destitute
subprime lending; abbr. for
次级贷款
reply to a poem in the same rhyme
subcontinent (e.g. the Indian subcontinent)
hypochlorous acid HOCl (bleach)
secondary growth of forest
secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods)
subprime lending; abbr. to 次貸|次贷
subprime mortgage crisis; abbr. for
次级房屋信贷危机
middle heavyweight (boxing)
sodium hyposulfide Na2S2O3 (hypo)
cubic (equation); (math.) degree three; three times; third; triple; ter-; tri-
second (i.e. number two); second time; twice; (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
person-times; visits; classifier (for number of people participating); measure word
in the proper order; the following
place (in numbered sequence); degree on employment scale
one more time; again; one more; once again
several times; many times; on several occasions; how many times
for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc)
each (item in sequence); successive
position in a ranking of names; place; rank
fourth; four times; quartic
the number of showings of a movie, play etc; screening; performance
many times; several times; repeatedly; time and again; on many occasions; time after time
number of days of sth taking place (e.g. days of heavy pollution); days; occasions
layer; level; gradation; arrangement of ideas; (a person's) standing
repeatedly; time and again
in sequence; in the proper order; one by one; in turn
one watch (i.e. two hour period during night)
number of sorties (of military planes)
grade; class; quality; level
edition (of a book etc); edition number
grade; class number (in school); flight or run number; flight or run (seen as an item); shift (work period)
air or sea voyage (seen as an individual, countable item); flight; voyage
train or coach service ("service" as in "they run 12 services per day between the two cities")
in turn; by turns; lap; turn; round; classifier (for laps, turns, rounds); measure word
gradually; one after another; little by little
in order; in proper sequence
first; first time; for the first time
higher degree (e.g. equation in math.)
homogeneous (mathematics)
one-off (offer); one-time; single-use; disposable (goods)
cube (third power, math.)
cube (third power, math.)
quadratic curve; conic section (geometry)
second (only to...); (in second place) preceded only by...
yet again; once again; once more
to get one's hair layered
deep level; deep-seated; in-depth
(the) first time; first; number one
the second time; second; number two; second time
many times; on more than one occasion
quadratic curve (geometry); conic
quadric surface (geometry)
second revolution; campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords
cube root; to extract a cube root
league table; ordered list
ranking; ordering in list
echelon formation (military)
to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point); lacking a sense of perspective; to put the cart before the horse
present crisis; current crisis
repeatedly; over and over again
to settle for second best; the next best thing
(Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)
initial public offering (IPO)
multilevel analysis model