名 order，sequence，[书]stopping place on a journey，stopover；数 （第二） second，next；形 second-rate，inferior，[化]hypo-；

[例句] 努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。 Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

[例句] 我们往往每周共进一次午餐。 We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.

order，sequence，succession，arrangement ；

[例句] （按照优先次序）写下你想具有的品质。 Write down (in order of priority) the qualities you'd like to have.

[例句] 经理将按(到达)先后次序接见这些应征者. The manager will interview the candidates in order of arrival.

less important，secondary，subordinate，minor，subordination ；

[例句] 见解独到的人士要么被调往次要的岗位，要么就不被提升。 Independent thinkers are shunted into minor jobs or refused promotion.

[例句] 次要情节之间的联系有点牵强。 The sub-plots are only tenuously interconnected.

for the first time，first ；

[例句] 鲍勃·马利让他们首次接触到了雷盖音乐。 Bob Marley provided them with their first taste of Reggae music.

[例句] 这张精选集在1984年首次以唱片形式发行。 This compilation was first issued on vinyl in 1984.

once，[数] linear，[电] primary，whack ；

[例句] 努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。 Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

[例句] 我们往往每周共进一次午餐。 We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.

each time，gradually，successive ；

[例句] 逐次逼近式转换器具有中等的速度和分辨率. The successive approximation converter is of medium speed, and average resolution.

[例句] 对称操作的组合规则,是逐次地去运用它们. The rule of combination of symmetry operations is successive performance of them.

secondary ；

[例句] 醇和醛两者为氧化的次级产物. Both the alcohols and aldehydes are secondary products of the oxidation.

[例句] 当次级电路开路时, 铁芯磁通量仅仅由初级电流产生. When the secondary circuit is open, the core flux is produced by the primary current only.

the first time ；

once more，a second time，once again，again ；

[例句] “啊，福克斯上尉，”马丁·麦吉尼斯亲切地说，“很高兴再次见到您。” "Ah, Captain Fox," Martin McGuinness said affably. "Nice to see you again."

[例句] 他1977年因冒充警官而再次入狱。 He was returned to prison in 1977 for impersonating a police officer.

administrative levels，arrangement of ideas，gradation，arrangement ；

[例句] 我们感到大家生活的精神层次各不相同。 We felt we were living life on several different planes.

[例句] 这篇文章层次不清. This article lacks unity and coherence.

twice，twi- ；

[例句] 那辆车把那人来回轧了两次，先是倒着轧的，再是往前开着轧的。 The car passed over the body twice, once backward and then forward.

[例句] 前锋艾伦·史密斯两次严重失误，将球射偏。 Striker Alan Smith was guilty of two glaring misses.

[声] （频率低于20赫的声波） infrasound，infra-audible sound，infrasonic sound，subsonic sound ；

[例句] 在Tahiti观测到的海浪次声. Infrasound from ocean waves observed in Tahiti.

[例句] 在太平洋里大洋涌(长浪)次声观测: 译解海地歌曲. Infrasonic observations of open ocean swells in the Pacific: Deciphering the song of the sea.

in proper order，successively，in proper sequence，devolution，in file ；

[例句] 在城市广场上，霓虹灯依次闪烁。 In the city squares the neon lights flashed in turn.

[例句] 随着男孩们依次答到，他在他们的名字旁打了钩。 As each boy said yes, he ticked their name.

substandard [shoddy] products，substandard goods，defective goods，ungraded [degraded] products，inferior ；

[例句] 该公司因为一件次品而受到媒体攻击. The firm had received bad publicity over a defective product.

[例句] 我不愿花这么多钱买次品. I grudge paying so much for such inferior goods.

number of times，frequency，degree，time ；

[例句] 数据记录仪还能迅速查明机械故障，减少维修次数。 Data recorders also pin-point mechanical faults rapidly, reducing repair times.

[例句] 要求车主们减少驾车出行的次数。 Car owners were asked to cut down travel.

position in a name list，place in a competition，placing，ranking ；

[例句] 我们感觉我们可能会获得第三名，要是能比这个名次更好那就是意外的惊喜了。 We felt we might finish third. Any better would be a bonus.

[例句] 一定是那份历史考卷把他的名次拉了上去. It must have been the history paper that pulled him up.

next，secondly，next in importance，secondary，in the next place ；

[例句] 马铃薯仍然是最受欢迎的食物，其次是白面包。 Potatoes are still the most popular food, followed by white bread.

[例句] 他拒绝退而求其次。 He refused to settle for anything that was second best.

first，for the first time ；

[例句] 他们的完整目录售价5美元，第一次订购时可返还这5美元。 Their full catalogue costs $5, redeemable against a first order.

[例句] 是三块两毛九, 但是因为你们是第一次来, 所以免费招待你们. It's $ 3.29, but since this is your first visit, it's on the house.

less important，minor，[经] subordinate，secondary，lesser ；

[例句] 见解独到的人士要么被调往次要的岗位，要么就不被提升。 Independent thinkers are shunted into minor jobs or refused promotion.

[例句] 那只不过是次要的因素。 That is just a secondary consideration .

inferior goods，substandard goods，second ；

[例句] 次货充斥市场. The market was glutted with shoddy goods.

[例句] 次货当然有些毛病. Of course, seconds have some defects.