| 单词 | second-rater |
| 例句 | Meyerhoff, one of the Schaubühne’s finest actors, injected fresh life into his character, a popular second-rater who probably suspects that he’s a hack. Review: A Star Director Takes a Back Seat in ‘The Seagull’ 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Those show that some of the interned scientists even mocked Heisenberg for being a “second-rater”. The forgotten quantum pioneer who turned wartime spy 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z But still, you have not the reputation of Bauquel, second-rater that he is. The Intriguers Just because I said that Jed The Red is a second-rater, don’t think for a moment that he fights like a schoolboy now. Once to Every Man And the cravat was only a second-rater, too, a black-silk affair. The Place of Honeymoons He had, therefore, caused me to back myself into a corner where I'd be taken down a peg, shown-up as a second-rater—with the little girl as a witness. The Big Fix Their salaries run from £800 to £1,200 a year; and you can get either a first-class man, whose health prevents him from remaining in England, or a good second-rater for that sum. Town Life in Australia Then they went and had a drink, and the old squatter said, "Now, I'll show you the difference between a champion ram and a second-rater." Three Elephant Power and Other Stories And he warned me, too, not to think that Jed The Red fought like a school boy, just because he was a second-rater––because he didn’t, nothing like that!” Once to Every Man Well, you see," he replied thoughtfully, "in my profession I always was a second-rater. The Mountebank The Rogue would be shown in his true colors—a second-rater. Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course In other words, the typical husband is a second-rater, and no one is better aware of it than his wife. In Defense of Women You know how I’ve looked for the man who could do what none of the others have done yet, even though he is only a second-rater. Once to Every Man |
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