Definition of second class in English:

second class

noun

1A set of people or things grouped together as the second best.
二等，乙级；二流人物，二等品
Example sentencesExamples
- As a manager, Hoddle has more or less proved himself first class of the second class.
- Union leaders say it will result in a second class of workers with lower wages and benefits than those at the parent airline.
Synonyms
post, letters, packages, parcels, correspondence, communications, airmail
1. 1.1mass noun The second-best accommodation or seating in a train or other form of transport.
  （飞机、火车或轮船的）二等舱
  Example sentencesExamples
  I couldn't believe how nice second-class was on Japan's private trains.
  An Inter-Rail ticket entitles you to travel in second class on trains in the zones you've chosen.
  It will maybe not be first-class, but even if it is second-class, it would be nice to be on that train.
  For some reason I've always found myself standing in the carriage which is half second class and half Arriva Premiere class.
  This was not a one-class ship like the others I had traveled on, but had three separate sections - first class, second class, and steerage.
  Not only was I going to travel on my very first train today, I was going to travel second class rather than packed in third class.
  I have not heard if any people with first class tickets sat down in second class.
  An attendant approaches her and tell her to move to the second class as she doesn't have a ticket for the first class.
2. 1.2British The second-highest division in the results of the examinations for a university degree.
  〈英〉（大学学位考试成绩的）第二等
  he obtained a second class in modern history
  他现代史考试得了个第二等。
  Example sentencesExamples
  And only six girls got second class in the tenth - all the others passed in first class.
  He was a gentleman and a scholar, having graduated in Harvard University's second class in dentistry in 1870.

adverb & adjective

1Of the second-best quality or in the second division.
二等（的）；二流（的）
as adjective until 1914 women were thought of as second-class citizens
直到1914年妇女仍被视为二等公民。
Example sentencesExamples
- We've got first class jails, second class schools.
- Britain was a ‘first-class country with second-class public services’ - partly because Labour could not reform them, the new Tory leader declared.
- For decades we were second-class citizens in the Soviet Union.
- It is not the first time a cost-cutting exercise by the Royal Mail has lumbered Hampshire residents with a second-class service.
- There was no feeling of being second-class citizens or lesser beings.
- This lack of virtuosity befits Britain's second city, which is, appropriately, second class.
- It seems incredible that West Yorkshire's second city should effectively be deemed second class as far as transport links are concerned.
- Malcolm received second class care I don't see why he should receive second class justice.
- Therefore, they belong in the second class with other female beings.
- There will always be candidates, but first-class, and even second-class, candidates will be harder to get.
- So don't waste any more time trying to be a second class somebody else and get on with being a first class you!
- I had pointed out that having a second class of membership rendered a lot of people second-class members and they didn't all like it.
- We want these children to do as well as other children, not as second-class type of students.
- Neal's grown-up theatre company is called Second Class because one of his teachers said that people wouldn't buy tickets for second-class theatre.
- On 13 April 1865 he was promoted and became a second class Trooper and a year later first class Trooper.
- You really won't get people taking up sciences in class when the materials are second class and out of date or old.
- Therefore promoters tend to treat local bands like second-class citizens, with quality control no longer a factor.
- The Bible is not a second-class subject, so make it a priority in the training of your children.
- From that day on, one mind-altering neighbourhood meeting at a time, Toronto stops being a second-class copy and becomes a first-class original.
- If you are a coach that promotes the first class and second class player concept, 20 points would be the time to let your bench players in the game.
- It was large and weather beaten, though its new sails and the obvious care put into it didn't make it seem like any second class ship.
- We would want to be sure that the doctors are properly trained so the victims are not getting a second-class service.
- In an age when women can have it all, she decided to leave it all for second-class subservience.
Synonyms
second-rate, second-best, low-class, inferior, lesser, unimportant
1. 1.1 Relating to the second-best accommodation or seating in a train or other form of transport.
  （飞机、火车或轮船的）二等舱（的）
  as adjective I want second-class tickets
  我要二等舱的票。
  as adverb they don't fly second class
  他们乘飞机时不坐二等舱。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The train, which has seven second-class sleeper coaches with a pantry car, has 504 seats.
  I took my place in an empty second-class compartment, and sat there quietly till the train should start.
  The one possible problem with second-class compartments, especially on longer train rides, has always been the bathrooms.
  The remaining thirty accommodated eighty-three second-class passengers each.
  This was to put two inches of foam on what passed for ‘reserved sleeper berths’ in the second-class sections of trains.
  When the train started loading, the crowd mobbed the blue-green second-class carriages.
  These second-class tickets cost a very pretty penny, didn't they?
  So he drives a battered Volvo, travels second class on the train and when he flies he always goes economy.
  Five travellers share a second-class compartment on the Dover train.
  He travels by train second class on his senior rail card.
  The Bhil women, who clambered into the second-class compartment of a train for the first time, have made a symbolic statement.
  One does not sit in a first-class coach if the train ticket is for a second-class seat.
  I wish I didn't know that I have another second class train journey in the offing.
  When I told them Sungai Golok they tried to tell me that both first and second-class carriages for the trains were booked out and suggested I try a VIP bus.
  When I first laid eyes on the city of Ancona it was from the back of a hot, stuffy train, where I was awkwardly crammed into a second-class seat.
  But we were young and stubborn and we thought there was simply no choice more obvious than the second class train.
  They travelled on a £26 second-class ticket under the false names Mr and Mrs Marshall.
  The fates of nations are shaped not only in boardrooms but in second-class train compartments.
  And when she came to see him she also travelled via train with a second-class ticket.
  But there is the feeling, as far as the children are concerned, that they are in second class accommodation.
2. 1.2 Relating to a class of mail having lower priority than first-class mail.
  （较一类邮件投递速度慢的）二类邮件的
  as adjective second-class postage stamps
  二类邮件邮票。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Postwatch has recommended that customers sending Christmas cards this year should always use second-class stamps because of Royal Mail's poor past performance in December.
  Buckingham Palace revealed that the Queen now sends second class mail when correspondence is not urgent.
  This allows registered newspapers to send papers on a first class service for second class rates.
  It had been posted by regular UK second class mail and had presumably arrived on the same ship as Mandy's letter.
  Last week Postcomm finally approved a 1p rise in first and second-class mail rates from April, worth about £750m a year in extra revenues to Royal Mail.
  Even under the old, creaky system, Postman Pat managed to deliver the bulk of first class and second class mail on time.
  Today is the latest posting date for second class mail.
  These were posted out to households at a cost of 13.3p each - we get a discount on second class postage.
  The company has been unable to reach delivery targets for first and second-class mail, partly due to delays caused by the poor state of Britain's rail system.
  She said the Post Office was seeking to raise first class and second class postage by 1p each, a move that will bring in an extra £170m in a year.
  Confusingly, second class mail sent to Bath arrived on Saturday, two days before a first class letter which was posted the same day.
  It costs just 65p on top of first or second class postage.
  Under the plans there would be five stamp prices for first and second class mail instead of the current 29.
  During one eight-hour shift last week the reporter saw an estimated 7,000 pieces of first-class mail being handled with second-class post.
  Tomorrow is the last posting date for the second class mail.
  This time next year, there will only be two of the existing services provided by Royal Mail still in existence - first and second class post.
  Meanwhile, the Royal Mail has met other operators to discuss services for bulk mail and second class post.
  And, the Royal Mail will be given the option to increase the cost of second class postage by another penny next year.
  The daily Willesden-Norwich services are due to go by the end of July, and most of the trains carrying second class post will cease running during September.
  During the same period, more than 90 per cent of second class mail arrived within three working days.
3. 1.3 (in North America) denoting a class of mail which includes newspapers and periodicals.
  （北美）（包括报刊的）二类邮件
  Synonyms
  subordinate, minor, inferior, second-class, subservient, lowly, humble, servile, menial, mean
4. 1.4British as adjective Relating to the second-highest division in the results of the examinations for a university degree.
  〈英〉（大学学位考试成绩的）第二等
  a respectable second-class degree
  较体面的第二等学位。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He had left university with a second-class honours degree after accidentally overdosing on benzedrine.
  Why are they saying you only took a second-class degree at Oxford?
  Aoife was in Dublin on Saturday to accept the first prize award in her category for first and second-class pupils.
  When Ferry got his lower second-class degree in 1968, he applied for a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, who turned him down.
  People who move through the certificate course and get a second class grade two honours can transfer to the diploma course.

Definition of second class in US English:

second class

nounsəˈkɑnd

1A set of people or things grouped together as the second best.
二等，乙级；二流人物，二等品
Example sentencesExamples
- Union leaders say it will result in a second class of workers with lower wages and benefits than those at the parent airline.
- As a manager, Hoddle has more or less proved himself first class of the second class.
Synonyms
post, letters, packages, parcels, correspondence, communications, airmail
1. 1.1 The second-best accommodations or seating in an aircraft, train, or ship.
  （飞机、火车或轮船的）二等舱
  Example sentencesExamples
  An attendant approaches her and tell her to move to the second class as she doesn't have a ticket for the first class.
  I have not heard if any people with first class tickets sat down in second class.
  Not only was I going to travel on my very first train today, I was going to travel second class rather than packed in third class.
  For some reason I've always found myself standing in the carriage which is half second class and half Arriva Premiere class.
  I couldn't believe how nice second-class was on Japan's private trains.
  An Inter-Rail ticket entitles you to travel in second class on trains in the zones you've chosen.
  It will maybe not be first-class, but even if it is second-class, it would be nice to be on that train.
  This was not a one-class ship like the others I had traveled on, but had three separate sections - first class, second class, and steerage.
2. 1.2British The second-highest division in the results of the examinations for a university degree.
  〈英〉（大学学位考试成绩的）第二等
  he obtained a second class in modern history
  他现代史考试得了个第二等。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was a gentleman and a scholar, having graduated in Harvard University's second class in dentistry in 1870.
  And only six girls got second class in the tenth - all the others passed in first class.

adverb & adjectivesəˈkɑnd

second-class

1Of the second-best quality or in the second division.
二等（的）；二流（的）
as adjective we will not be relegated to any second-class status
Example sentencesExamples
- Neal's grown-up theatre company is called Second Class because one of his teachers said that people wouldn't buy tickets for second-class theatre.
- You really won't get people taking up sciences in class when the materials are second class and out of date or old.
- The Bible is not a second-class subject, so make it a priority in the training of your children.
- It is not the first time a cost-cutting exercise by the Royal Mail has lumbered Hampshire residents with a second-class service.
- It seems incredible that West Yorkshire's second city should effectively be deemed second class as far as transport links are concerned.
- We've got first class jails, second class schools.
- We would want to be sure that the doctors are properly trained so the victims are not getting a second-class service.
- If you are a coach that promotes the first class and second class player concept, 20 points would be the time to let your bench players in the game.
- In an age when women can have it all, she decided to leave it all for second-class subservience.
- For decades we were second-class citizens in the Soviet Union.
- I had pointed out that having a second class of membership rendered a lot of people second-class members and they didn't all like it.
- There was no feeling of being second-class citizens or lesser beings.
- It was large and weather beaten, though its new sails and the obvious care put into it didn't make it seem like any second class ship.
- Therefore promoters tend to treat local bands like second-class citizens, with quality control no longer a factor.
- On 13 April 1865 he was promoted and became a second class Trooper and a year later first class Trooper.
- There will always be candidates, but first-class, and even second-class, candidates will be harder to get.
- Britain was a ‘first-class country with second-class public services’ - partly because Labour could not reform them, the new Tory leader declared.
- Malcolm received second class care I don't see why he should receive second class justice.
- This lack of virtuosity befits Britain's second city, which is, appropriately, second class.
- Therefore, they belong in the second class with other female beings.
- From that day on, one mind-altering neighbourhood meeting at a time, Toronto stops being a second-class copy and becomes a first-class original.
- So don't waste any more time trying to be a second class somebody else and get on with being a first class you!
- We want these children to do as well as other children, not as second-class type of students.
Synonyms
second-rate, second-best, low-class, inferior, lesser, unimportant
1. 1.1 Relating to the second-best accommodations or seating in an aircraft, train, or ship.
  （飞机、火车或轮船的）二等舱
  as adjective I want second-class tickets
  我要二等舱的票。
  as adverb they don't fly second-class
  他们乘飞机时不坐二等舱。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When I told them Sungai Golok they tried to tell me that both first and second-class carriages for the trains were booked out and suggested I try a VIP bus.
  But there is the feeling, as far as the children are concerned, that they are in second class accommodation.
  The Bhil women, who clambered into the second-class compartment of a train for the first time, have made a symbolic statement.
  He travels by train second class on his senior rail card.
  This was to put two inches of foam on what passed for ‘reserved sleeper berths’ in the second-class sections of trains.
  And when she came to see him she also travelled via train with a second-class ticket.
  The train, which has seven second-class sleeper coaches with a pantry car, has 504 seats.
  One does not sit in a first-class coach if the train ticket is for a second-class seat.
  These second-class tickets cost a very pretty penny, didn't they?
  When I first laid eyes on the city of Ancona it was from the back of a hot, stuffy train, where I was awkwardly crammed into a second-class seat.
  The fates of nations are shaped not only in boardrooms but in second-class train compartments.
  The remaining thirty accommodated eighty-three second-class passengers each.
  They travelled on a £26 second-class ticket under the false names Mr and Mrs Marshall.
  When the train started loading, the crowd mobbed the blue-green second-class carriages.
  So he drives a battered Volvo, travels second class on the train and when he flies he always goes economy.
  Five travellers share a second-class compartment on the Dover train.
  But we were young and stubborn and we thought there was simply no choice more obvious than the second class train.
  The one possible problem with second-class compartments, especially on longer train rides, has always been the bathrooms.
  I took my place in an empty second-class compartment, and sat there quietly till the train should start.
  I wish I didn't know that I have another second class train journey in the offing.
2. 1.2 Relating to a class of mail having lower priority than first-class mail.
  （较一类邮件投递速度慢的）二类邮件的
  as adjective second-class postage stamps
  二类邮件邮票。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Today is the latest posting date for second class mail.
  This time next year, there will only be two of the existing services provided by Royal Mail still in existence - first and second class post.
  The daily Willesden-Norwich services are due to go by the end of July, and most of the trains carrying second class post will cease running during September.
  Last week Postcomm finally approved a 1p rise in first and second-class mail rates from April, worth about £750m a year in extra revenues to Royal Mail.
  This allows registered newspapers to send papers on a first class service for second class rates.
  During one eight-hour shift last week the reporter saw an estimated 7,000 pieces of first-class mail being handled with second-class post.
  Tomorrow is the last posting date for the second class mail.
  It had been posted by regular UK second class mail and had presumably arrived on the same ship as Mandy's letter.
  These were posted out to households at a cost of 13.3p each - we get a discount on second class postage.
  Postwatch has recommended that customers sending Christmas cards this year should always use second-class stamps because of Royal Mail's poor past performance in December.
  Buckingham Palace revealed that the Queen now sends second class mail when correspondence is not urgent.
  Confusingly, second class mail sent to Bath arrived on Saturday, two days before a first class letter which was posted the same day.
  Meanwhile, the Royal Mail has met other operators to discuss services for bulk mail and second class post.
  And, the Royal Mail will be given the option to increase the cost of second class postage by another penny next year.
  During the same period, more than 90 per cent of second class mail arrived within three working days.
  She said the Post Office was seeking to raise first class and second class postage by 1p each, a move that will bring in an extra £170m in a year.
  Under the plans there would be five stamp prices for first and second class mail instead of the current 29.
  Even under the old, creaky system, Postman Pat managed to deliver the bulk of first class and second class mail on time.
  It costs just 65p on top of first or second class postage.
  The company has been unable to reach delivery targets for first and second-class mail, partly due to delays caused by the poor state of Britain's rail system.
3. 1.3 (in North America) denoting a class of mail which includes newspapers and periodicals.
  （北美）（包括报刊的）二类邮件
  Synonyms
  subordinate, minor, inferior, second-class, subservient, lowly, humble, servile, menial, mean
4. 1.4British as adjective Relating to the second-highest division in a university examination.
  〈英〉（大学考试成绩）第二等的
  a respectable second-class degree
  较体面的第二等学位。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When Ferry got his lower second-class degree in 1968, he applied for a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, who turned him down.
  He had left university with a second-class honours degree after accidentally overdosing on benzedrine.
  People who move through the certificate course and get a second class grade two honours can transfer to the diploma course.
  Why are they saying you only took a second-class degree at Oxford?
  Aoife was in Dublin on Saturday to accept the first prize award in her category for first and second-class pupils.

词汇	second class
释义	Definition of second class in English: second class noun 1A set of people or things grouped together as the second best. 二等，乙级；二流人物，二等品 Example sentencesExamples As a manager, Hoddle has more or less proved himself first class of the second class. Union leaders say it will result in a second class of workers with lower wages and benefits than those at the parent airline. Synonyms post, letters, packages, parcels, correspondence, communications, airmail 1.1mass noun The second-best accommodation or seating in a train or other form of transport. （飞机、火车或轮船的）二等舱 Example sentencesExamples I couldn't believe how nice second-class was on Japan's private trains. An Inter-Rail ticket entitles you to travel in second class on trains in the zones you've chosen. It will maybe not be first-class, but even if it is second-class, it would be nice to be on that train. For some reason I've always found myself standing in the carriage which is half second class and half Arriva Premiere class. This was not a one-class ship like the others I had traveled on, but had three separate sections - first class, second class, and steerage. Not only was I going to travel on my very first train today, I was going to travel second class rather than packed in third class. I have not heard if any people with first class tickets sat down in second class. An attendant approaches her and tell her to move to the second class as she doesn't have a ticket for the first class. 1.2British The second-highest division in the results of the examinations for a university degree. 〈英〉（大学学位考试成绩的）第二等 he obtained a second class in modern history 他现代史考试得了个第二等。 Example sentencesExamples And only six girls got second class in the tenth - all the others passed in first class. He was a gentleman and a scholar, having graduated in Harvard University's second class in dentistry in 1870. adverb & adjective 1Of the second-best quality or in the second division. 二等（的）；二流（的） as adjective until 1914 women were thought of as second-class citizens 直到1914年妇女仍被视为二等公民。 Example sentencesExamples We've got first class jails, second class schools. Britain was a ‘first-class country with second-class public services’ - partly because Labour could not reform them, the new Tory leader declared. For decades we were second-class citizens in the Soviet Union. It is not the first time a cost-cutting exercise by the Royal Mail has lumbered Hampshire residents with a second-class service. There was no feeling of being second-class citizens or lesser beings. This lack of virtuosity befits Britain's second city, which is, appropriately, second class. It seems incredible that West Yorkshire's second city should effectively be deemed second class as far as transport links are concerned. Malcolm received second class care I don't see why he should receive second class justice. Therefore, they belong in the second class with other female beings. There will always be candidates, but first-class, and even second-class, candidates will be harder to get. So don't waste any more time trying to be a second class somebody else and get on with being a first class you! I had pointed out that having a second class of membership rendered a lot of people second-class members and they didn't all like it. We want these children to do as well as other children, not as second-class type of students. Neal's grown-up theatre company is called Second Class because one of his teachers said that people wouldn't buy tickets for second-class theatre. On 13 April 1865 he was promoted and became a second class Trooper and a year later first class Trooper. You really won't get people taking up sciences in class when the materials are second class and out of date or old. Therefore promoters tend to treat local bands like second-class citizens, with quality control no longer a factor. The Bible is not a second-class subject, so make it a priority in the training of your children. From that day on, one mind-altering neighbourhood meeting at a time, Toronto stops being a second-class copy and becomes a first-class original. If you are a coach that promotes the first class and second class player concept, 20 points would be the time to let your bench players in the game. It was large and weather beaten, though its new sails and the obvious care put into it didn't make it seem like any second class ship. We would want to be sure that the doctors are properly trained so the victims are not getting a second-class service. In an age when women can have it all, she decided to leave it all for second-class subservience. Synonyms second-rate, second-best, low-class, inferior, lesser, unimportant 1.1 Relating to the second-best accommodation or seating in a train or other form of transport. （飞机、火车或轮船的）二等舱（的） as adjective I want second-class tickets 我要二等舱的票。 as adverb they don't fly second class 他们乘飞机时不坐二等舱。 Example sentencesExamples The train, which has seven second-class sleeper coaches with a pantry car, has 504 seats. I took my place in an empty second-class compartment, and sat there quietly till the train should start. The one possible problem with second-class compartments, especially on longer train rides, has always been the bathrooms. The remaining thirty accommodated eighty-three second-class passengers each. This was to put two inches of foam on what passed for ‘reserved sleeper berths’ in the second-class sections of trains. When the train started loading, the crowd mobbed the blue-green second-class carriages. These second-class tickets cost a very pretty penny, didn't they? So he drives a battered Volvo, travels second class on the train and when he flies he always goes economy. Five travellers share a second-class compartment on the Dover train. He travels by train second class on his senior rail card. The Bhil women, who clambered into the second-class compartment of a train for the first time, have made a symbolic statement. One does not sit in a first-class coach if the train ticket is for a second-class seat. I wish I didn't know that I have another second class train journey in the offing. When I told them Sungai Golok they tried to tell me that both first and second-class carriages for the trains were booked out and suggested I try a VIP bus. When I first laid eyes on the city of Ancona it was from the back of a hot, stuffy train, where I was awkwardly crammed into a second-class seat. But we were young and stubborn and we thought there was simply no choice more obvious than the second class train. They travelled on a £26 second-class ticket under the false names Mr and Mrs Marshall. The fates of nations are shaped not only in boardrooms but in second-class train compartments. And when she came to see him she also travelled via train with a second-class ticket. But there is the feeling, as far as the children are concerned, that they are in second class accommodation. 1.2 Relating to a class of mail having lower priority than first-class mail. （较一类邮件投递速度慢的）二类邮件的 as adjective second-class postage stamps 二类邮件邮票。 Example sentencesExamples Postwatch has recommended that customers sending Christmas cards this year should always use second-class stamps because of Royal Mail's poor past performance in December. Buckingham Palace revealed that the Queen now sends second class mail when correspondence is not urgent. This allows registered newspapers to send papers on a first class service for second class rates. It had been posted by regular UK second class mail and had presumably arrived on the same ship as Mandy's letter. Last week Postcomm finally approved a 1p rise in first and second-class mail rates from April, worth about £750m a year in extra revenues to Royal Mail. Even under the old, creaky system, Postman Pat managed to deliver the bulk of first class and second class mail on time. Today is the latest posting date for second class mail. These were posted out to households at a cost of 13.3p each - we get a discount on second class postage. The company has been unable to reach delivery targets for first and second-class mail, partly due to delays caused by the poor state of Britain's rail system. She said the Post Office was seeking to raise first class and second class postage by 1p each, a move that will bring in an extra £170m in a year. Confusingly, second class mail sent to Bath arrived on Saturday, two days before a first class letter which was posted the same day. It costs just 65p on top of first or second class postage. Under the plans there would be five stamp prices for first and second class mail instead of the current 29. During one eight-hour shift last week the reporter saw an estimated 7,000 pieces of first-class mail being handled with second-class post. Tomorrow is the last posting date for the second class mail. This time next year, there will only be two of the existing services provided by Royal Mail still in existence - first and second class post. Meanwhile, the Royal Mail has met other operators to discuss services for bulk mail and second class post. And, the Royal Mail will be given the option to increase the cost of second class postage by another penny next year. The daily Willesden-Norwich services are due to go by the end of July, and most of the trains carrying second class post will cease running during September. During the same period, more than 90 per cent of second class mail arrived within three working days. 1.3 (in North America) denoting a class of mail which includes newspapers and periodicals. （北美）（包括报刊的）二类邮件 Synonyms subordinate, minor, inferior, second-class, subservient, lowly, humble, servile, menial, mean 1.4British as adjective Relating to the second-highest division in the results of the examinations for a university degree. 〈英〉（大学学位考试成绩的）第二等 a respectable second-class degree 较体面的第二等学位。 Example sentencesExamples He had left university with a second-class honours degree after accidentally overdosing on benzedrine. Why are they saying you only took a second-class degree at Oxford? Aoife was in Dublin on Saturday to accept the first prize award in her category for first and second-class pupils. When Ferry got his lower second-class degree in 1968, he applied for a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, who turned him down. People who move through the certificate course and get a second class grade two honours can transfer to the diploma course. Definition of second class in US English: second class nounsəˈkɑnd 1A set of people or things grouped together as the second best. 二等，乙级；二流人物，二等品 Example sentencesExamples Union leaders say it will result in a second class of workers with lower wages and benefits than those at the parent airline. As a manager, Hoddle has more or less proved himself first class of the second class. Synonyms post, letters, packages, parcels, correspondence, communications, airmail 1.1 The second-best accommodations or seating in an aircraft, train, or ship. （飞机、火车或轮船的）二等舱 Example sentencesExamples An attendant approaches her and tell her to move to the second class as she doesn't have a ticket for the first class. I have not heard if any people with first class tickets sat down in second class. Not only was I going to travel on my very first train today, I was going to travel second class rather than packed in third class. For some reason I've always found myself standing in the carriage which is half second class and half Arriva Premiere class. I couldn't believe how nice second-class was on Japan's private trains. An Inter-Rail ticket entitles you to travel in second class on trains in the zones you've chosen. It will maybe not be first-class, but even if it is second-class, it would be nice to be on that train. This was not a one-class ship like the others I had traveled on, but had three separate sections - first class, second class, and steerage. 1.2British The second-highest division in the results of the examinations for a university degree. 〈英〉（大学学位考试成绩的）第二等 he obtained a second class in modern history 他现代史考试得了个第二等。 Example sentencesExamples He was a gentleman and a scholar, having graduated in Harvard University's second class in dentistry in 1870. And only six girls got second class in the tenth - all the others passed in first class. adverb & adjectivesəˈkɑnd second-class 1Of the second-best quality or in the second division. 二等（的）；二流（的） as adjective we will not be relegated to any second-class status Example sentencesExamples Neal's grown-up theatre company is called Second Class because one of his teachers said that people wouldn't buy tickets for second-class theatre. You really won't get people taking up sciences in class when the materials are second class and out of date or old. The Bible is not a second-class subject, so make it a priority in the training of your children. It is not the first time a cost-cutting exercise by the Royal Mail has lumbered Hampshire residents with a second-class service. It seems incredible that West Yorkshire's second city should effectively be deemed second class as far as transport links are concerned. We've got first class jails, second class schools. We would want to be sure that the doctors are properly trained so the victims are not getting a second-class service. If you are a coach that promotes the first class and second class player concept, 20 points would be the time to let your bench players in the game. In an age when women can have it all, she decided to leave it all for second-class subservience. For decades we were second-class citizens in the Soviet Union. I had pointed out that having a second class of membership rendered a lot of people second-class members and they didn't all like it. There was no feeling of being second-class citizens or lesser beings. It was large and weather beaten, though its new sails and the obvious care put into it didn't make it seem like any second class ship. Therefore promoters tend to treat local bands like second-class citizens, with quality control no longer a factor. On 13 April 1865 he was promoted and became a second class Trooper and a year later first class Trooper. There will always be candidates, but first-class, and even second-class, candidates will be harder to get. Britain was a ‘first-class country with second-class public services’ - partly because Labour could not reform them, the new Tory leader declared. Malcolm received second class care I don't see why he should receive second class justice. This lack of virtuosity befits Britain's second city, which is, appropriately, second class. Therefore, they belong in the second class with other female beings. From that day on, one mind-altering neighbourhood meeting at a time, Toronto stops being a second-class copy and becomes a first-class original. So don't waste any more time trying to be a second class somebody else and get on with being a first class you! We want these children to do as well as other children, not as second-class type of students. Synonyms second-rate, second-best, low-class, inferior, lesser, unimportant 1.1 Relating to the second-best accommodations or seating in an aircraft, train, or ship. （飞机、火车或轮船的）二等舱 as adjective I want second-class tickets 我要二等舱的票。 as adverb they don't fly second-class 他们乘飞机时不坐二等舱。 Example sentencesExamples When I told them Sungai Golok they tried to tell me that both first and second-class carriages for the trains were booked out and suggested I try a VIP bus. But there is the feeling, as far as the children are concerned, that they are in second class accommodation. The Bhil women, who clambered into the second-class compartment of a train for the first time, have made a symbolic statement. He travels by train second class on his senior rail card. This was to put two inches of foam on what passed for ‘reserved sleeper berths’ in the second-class sections of trains. And when she came to see him she also travelled via train with a second-class ticket. The train, which has seven second-class sleeper coaches with a pantry car, has 504 seats. One does not sit in a first-class coach if the train ticket is for a second-class seat. These second-class tickets cost a very pretty penny, didn't they? When I first laid eyes on the city of Ancona it was from the back of a hot, stuffy train, where I was awkwardly crammed into a second-class seat. The fates of nations are shaped not only in boardrooms but in second-class train compartments. The remaining thirty accommodated eighty-three second-class passengers each. They travelled on a £26 second-class ticket under the false names Mr and Mrs Marshall. When the train started loading, the crowd mobbed the blue-green second-class carriages. So he drives a battered Volvo, travels second class on the train and when he flies he always goes economy. Five travellers share a second-class compartment on the Dover train. But we were young and stubborn and we thought there was simply no choice more obvious than the second class train. The one possible problem with second-class compartments, especially on longer train rides, has always been the bathrooms. I took my place in an empty second-class compartment, and sat there quietly till the train should start. I wish I didn't know that I have another second class train journey in the offing. 1.2 Relating to a class of mail having lower priority than first-class mail. （较一类邮件投递速度慢的）二类邮件的 as adjective second-class postage stamps 二类邮件邮票。 Example sentencesExamples Today is the latest posting date for second class mail. This time next year, there will only be two of the existing services provided by Royal Mail still in existence - first and second class post. The daily Willesden-Norwich services are due to go by the end of July, and most of the trains carrying second class post will cease running during September. Last week Postcomm finally approved a 1p rise in first and second-class mail rates from April, worth about £750m a year in extra revenues to Royal Mail. This allows registered newspapers to send papers on a first class service for second class rates. During one eight-hour shift last week the reporter saw an estimated 7,000 pieces of first-class mail being handled with second-class post. Tomorrow is the last posting date for the second class mail. It had been posted by regular UK second class mail and had presumably arrived on the same ship as Mandy's letter. These were posted out to households at a cost of 13.3p each - we get a discount on second class postage. Postwatch has recommended that customers sending Christmas cards this year should always use second-class stamps because of Royal Mail's poor past performance in December. Buckingham Palace revealed that the Queen now sends second class mail when correspondence is not urgent. Confusingly, second class mail sent to Bath arrived on Saturday, two days before a first class letter which was posted the same day. Meanwhile, the Royal Mail has met other operators to discuss services for bulk mail and second class post. And, the Royal Mail will be given the option to increase the cost of second class postage by another penny next year. During the same period, more than 90 per cent of second class mail arrived within three working days. She said the Post Office was seeking to raise first class and second class postage by 1p each, a move that will bring in an extra £170m in a year. Under the plans there would be five stamp prices for first and second class mail instead of the current 29. Even under the old, creaky system, Postman Pat managed to deliver the bulk of first class and second class mail on time. It costs just 65p on top of first or second class postage. The company has been unable to reach delivery targets for first and second-class mail, partly due to delays caused by the poor state of Britain's rail system. 1.3 (in North America) denoting a class of mail which includes newspapers and periodicals. （北美）（包括报刊的）二类邮件 Synonyms subordinate, minor, inferior, second-class, subservient, lowly, humble, servile, menial, mean 1.4British as adjective Relating to the second-highest division in a university examination. 〈英〉（大学考试成绩）第二等的 a respectable second-class degree 较体面的第二等学位。 Example sentencesExamples When Ferry got his lower second-class degree in 1968, he applied for a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, who turned him down. He had left university with a second-class honours degree after accidentally overdosing on benzedrine. People who move through the certificate course and get a second class grade two honours can transfer to the diploma course. Why are they saying you only took a second-class degree at Oxford? Aoife was in Dublin on Saturday to accept the first prize award in her category for first and second-class pupils.
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