second-stringer

常見例句

John made the second string on the football team.
約翰成了該足球隊的后備隊員。
He made the second string on the football team.
他只是足球隊的候補隊員。
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.
我要記下那個電話號碼。我們請的照看寶寶臨時工一般會來，不過有第二個供選擇的人是不會有害處的。
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.
一個年輕人學(xué)會兩種行業(yè)就有了兩手準(zhǔn)備，他就不大會長期失業(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，當(dāng)?shù)刈鳛闄C床維修工的工作失業(yè)后，便當(dāng)上了園丁。