at second hand

常見例句

Most of our knowledge is at second hand .
我們的大部分知識(shí)是間接的。
Since I got the news at second hand, I didn't take it seriously.
這個(gè)消息我是間接聽來的，所以竝沒有太儅廻事。
His book about Ireland consists mostly of material taken up at second hand from other travel books.
他那本關(guān)於愛爾蘭的書大部分是間接從其他遊記中取材的。
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So in other words, if you live with a smoker, you really are at very high risk of demonstrating high levels of second-hand smoke exposure."
Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
顯然是某種啓示就要來臨;,顯然第二次降臨已很接近。
耶魯公開課 - 現(xiàn)代詩歌課程節(jié)選

For as in this world, head winds are far more prevalent than winds from astern (that is, if you never violate the Pythagorean maxim), so for the most part the Commodore on the quarter-deck gets his atmosphere at second hand from the sailors on the forecastle.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Moby-Dick'
There are enough new cars (or at least second-hand ones imported from Japan) to gridlock Kingston's rush-hour traffic.
ECONOMIST: The Caribbean’s tarnished jewel
Whereas their neighbours at nearby universities roam their sprawling campuses and prepare for high-powered careers, the Peach Garden children sit 50 to a room at rickety second-hand desks, learning how to read and counting themselves lucky to be in any sort of school at all.
ECONOMIST: China’s schools for non-children