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英语单词“the next best thing”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

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单词 the next best thing 释义

the next best thing

idiomC1the thing that isbest, if you cannot have or do the thing you reallywant:仅次于…的事物;退而求其次的事物I reallywantedtoworkintelevisionbut Iendedup inradio, which is the nextbestthing.我本来希望到电视台工作,但结果退而求其次去了广播电台。Thesesandalsare the nextbestthingtowalkingaroundbarefoot.穿上拖鞋总比光脚走路要好。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Quite good, or not very good
  • acceptable
  • adequacy
  • adequate
  • adequately
  • agreeable
  • fair
  • iffy
  • impure
  • indifferent
  • indifferently
  • kind
  • pass
  • patchy
  • raggedly
  • raggedness
  • reasonable
  • refined
  • rose
  • rough
  • scratch
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(Definition ofthe next best thingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)

the next best thing| American Dictionary

the next best thing

idiomsomething that isalmostas good:If I can’t havecake,icecreamis the nextbestthing.(Definition ofthe next best thingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/next-best-thing##