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