second best

基本解释

But on the bright side, Bush was selected second best president named George Bush.
但可喜的事，在名叫乔治布什的总统中布什被认为是第二个最好的总统。
Its future was secured after a group of Nobel prize winners convinced the prime minister at the time, Yukio Hatoyama, that Japan should not settle for second best.
不过京的未来是有保障的，会有一批诺贝尔获奖者去说服当时的首相鸠山由纪夫，日本永远不会屈居第二。
But at the end of the day, I had to go with the film that won Hanks his second Best Actor Oscar in a row.
但最终我不得不选择为汉克斯赢得第二个奥斯卡最佳演员的《阿甘正传》。

Pittsburgh had finished the regular season with the second best record in the AFC at 12-4 while the Cardinals squeaked into the post-season from the NFC at 9-7.
And if the goalie dives to the right, you're best off shooting to the left, second best off shooting to the middle, and worst off by shooting to the right; and that's kind of common sense.
如果门将扑向右边,你最好从左路射门,其次从中路射门,从右路射门是最差的选择,这些都是常识了吧
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So, not surprisingly in this game, it turns out that if the goalie dived to the left you're best off shooting to the right, second best off shooting to the middle, and worst off shooting to the left.
因此毫无争议地说,如果门将扑向左路,你最好选择从右路射门,其次是从中路射门,最差的选择是从左路射门
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The second best-selling active NBA pitchman is Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Second best is used to describe something that is not as good as the best thing of its kind but is better than all the other things of that kind.
You can use second best to describe something that you have to accept even though you would have preferred something else.
Second best is also a noun.