Secondary

(noun.) the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen.

(adj.) belonging to a lower class or rank .

(adj.) not of major importance; 'played a secondary role in world events' .

(adj.) being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; 'the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher'; 'a secondary source'; 'a secondary issue'; 'secondary streams' .

(adj.) depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; 'a secondary infection' .

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• But these were secondary contributory causes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But I never had any grudge against him, because he was so able in his line, and as long as my part was successful the money with me was a secondary consideration. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• A mistake, therefore, of right may become a species of immorality; but it is only a secondary one, and is founded on some other, antecedent to it. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The addition of the salicylic acid delays secondary fermentation in stock and export beers, which may then be kept for any length of time without becoming unsound or of unpleasant flavor. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• But this is a secondary consideration, and dependent on the preceding notions of justice and property. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Acquiring is always secondary, and instrumental to the act of inquiring. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• A prominent factor in the electrical art is the _Storage Battery_, Secondary Battery, or Accumulator, as it is variously called. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• We could avoid the main line of the retreat by keeping to the secondary roads beyond Udine. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• My being saved from pain is a very secondary consideration. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The high-resistance secondary circuit of an induction coil is located in circuit between the condensing surface and the ground. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Secondary sexual characters are highly variable, and such characters differ much in the species of the same group. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• This is a matter of secondary importance, like the principle of transposition which was intimated in the parable of the earthborn men. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Now the difficulty still remains, how to form an idea of this object or existence, without having recourse to the secondary and sensible qualities. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The rule applies very strongly in the case of secondary sexual characters, when displayed in any unusual manner. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.

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