second-stringer

常見例句

John made the second string on the football team.
約翰成了該足球隊(duì)的後備隊(duì)員。
He made the second string on the football team.
他衹是足球隊(duì)的候補(bǔ)隊(duì)員。
He has a second string to his bow.
凡事皆有兩手準(zhǔn)備。
I'll just job down that telephone number. We have a baby-sister that can usually come but it does no harm to have a second string.
我要記下那個(gè)電話號(hào)碼。我們請(qǐng)的照看寶寶臨時(shí)工一般會(huì)來，不過有第二個(gè)供選擇的人是不會(huì)有害処的。
A young man who learns two trades has a second string to his bow, so he is unlikely to be out if work for long.
一個(gè)年輕人學(xué)會(huì)兩種行業(yè)就有了兩手準(zhǔn)備，他就不大會(huì)長(zhǎng)期失業(yè)。
He had a second string to his bow, so when he lost his job as a toolmaker he became a gardener.
他做了兩手準(zhǔn)備，儅地作爲(wèi)機(jī)牀維脩工的工作失業(yè)後，便儅上了園丁。