second-stringer

基本解释

• adj.後補的；替補的

同根派生

英汉例句

• John made the second string on the football team.
  約翰成了該足球隊的後備隊員。
• He made the second string on the football team.
  他衹是足球隊的候補隊員。
• He has a second string to his bow.
  凡事皆有兩手準備。
• I'll just job down that telephone number. We have a baby-sister that can usually come but it does no harm to have a second string.
  我要記下那個電話號碼。我們請的照看寶寶臨時工一般會來，不過有第二個供選擇的人是不會有害処的。
• A young man who learns two trades has a second string to his bow, so he is unlikely to be out if work for long.
  一個年輕人學會兩種行業就有了兩手準備，他就不大會長期失業。