second gear

基本解釋

Second gear is slow enough to maintain control and quick enough to maintain momentum.
一方麪，二檔速度夠慢，有利於保持控制，同時又有一定速度，可以保持一定的沖勁。
I noticed that she was keeping the car in second gear when she clearly should have shifted to third, maybe even to fourth.Stupidly, I told her so.
我注意到她打在二檔上，通常這種狀況應是三檔或四檔，於是我告訴她該如此如此。
In which case, the speed increase we got by moving from dial-up to broadband may have just been shifting into second gear on the information superhighway.
對比起來，我們從撥號上網(wǎng)到寬帶上網(wǎng)所得到的增速衹是在信息高速公路上掛了第二檔而已。

With members of the Apatow gang (Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader) operating in second gear.
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Stuck in second gear with a squirrelly front brake, I finally gave up all hope of a swim.
NEWYORKER: Swimming
The economy, it seems, continues to muddle along, stuck in second gear, as economist David Levy recently noted.
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