177: second hand

今天我们要学的词组是second-hand。 Second-hand指用过的、旧的东西。比如二手车 - "a second-hand car"; 旧书店,"a second-hand bookstore." Second-hand也有间接获得的意思,比如我们的许多知识都是间接获得的, "Most of our knowledge is second-hand."

还比如间接吸烟,"second-hand smoking." 美国马里兰州议会2007年三月通过法案禁止在州内的餐馆和酒巴吸烟,以保护人们免受二手烟的伤害 -- "to protect people from the dangers of second-hand smoking." 今天我们学习的词组是second-hand...

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