second rate

同根派生

Playing the symphonies, just for old time’s sake, you’re stunned to realize that they truly are light years better than the second rate novelties that have constituted your main musical diet lately.
于是你滿(mǎn)心懷舊地開(kāi)始聽(tīng)，并驚喜地暈過(guò)去：原來(lái)貝多芬的交響曲比那些組成你最新聽(tīng)資的二流新奇玩意兒要好幾百萬(wàn)倍！
He singled and went to second on a passed ball.
他擊出一壘打，再因?qū)Ψ铰┙佣苌隙尽?/li>
The runner went to second base on a wild pitch.
一記瞎設(shè)讓跑壘員跑上了第二壘。
It travels thousands of miles per second.
它一秒鐘能走幾千英里。
The second snub settled his hash.
第二次碰壁使他不敢再找麻煩了。