secondary

noun

1. coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

Synonym: secondary coilsecondary winding

2. the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

adj

1. belonging to a lower class or rank

2. not of major importance

e.g. played a secondary role in world events

3. being of second rank or importance or value
not direct or immediate

e.g. the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher
a secondary source
a secondary issue
secondary streams

4. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

e.g. a secondary infection

5. inferior in rank or status

e.g. the junior faculty
a lowly corporal
petty officialdom
a subordinate functionary

Synonym: junior-gradelower-rankinglowlypetty(a)subaltern

1. 第二位的;次要的;从属的
If you describe something as secondary, you mean that it is less important than something else.

e.g. The street erupted in a huge explosion, with secondary explosions in the adjoining buildings...
街上发生了剧烈爆炸，邻近的建筑里也发生了程度较轻的爆炸。
e.g. They argue that human rights considerations are now of only secondary importance...
他们认为人权方面的考虑现在只是第二位的。

2. (疾病、感染)继发性的，第二期的
Secondary diseases or infections happen as a result of another disease or infection that has already happened.

e.g. He had kidney cancer, with secondary tumours in the brain and lungs.
他患有肾癌，还有脑部和肺部的继发性肿瘤。

3. (教育)中等的，中学的
Secondary education is given to pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18.

e.g. Examinations for the GCSE are taken after about five years of secondary education.
在接受中等教育约5年后便可参加普通中等教育证书的考试。

1. 次级：然后意见调查研究再分为个别(individual)和群体(group)等两种;实证研究分为个案(case)、实地(field)以及实验室(laboratory)等三种,档案研究细分为初级(primary)、次级(secondary)以及实物(physical)等三种,

2. 第二：在大多数人的电脑中是将硬盘和光驱分别接在第一(Primary)硬盘线和第二(Secondary)硬盘线上,用意是不想让速度馒的光驱影响速度快的硬盘. 因此我们在增加第二块硬盘时,同样可以按此思路将速度慢的硬盘当作从盘与光驱使用同一条硬盘线.