second-best

基本解释

From an economic point of view such minimal new rules for governing the euro would be second-best.
从经济角度来看，这种管理欧元的小型新规则是第二最优选择。
A second-best solution is the right to ride (gently) through parks and on pavements without being fined.
第二个解决方案就是自行车手可以缓慢地骑过公园和人行道，而不用担心会被罚款。
This allocation is frequently reassessed, so if the second-best firm starts doing better, it picks up some work from the leading firm.
这种分派经常再评估，因此只要表现排第二的公司开始做得更好，就会从领头公司那拿走一些工作。

Pittsburgh had finished the regular season with the second best record in the AFC at 12-4 while the Cardinals squeaked into the post-season from the NFC at 9-7.
Well, the second that you choose Beta then someone's going it's in someone's best interest- to take advantage of it.
第二个错误如果你选了β,那么别人就会从中攫取到好处
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I call the second argument "The argument from recycling"-- not the best label I suppose, but I've never been able to come up with a better one.
我把第二个观点称为"循环观点",可能这不是最好的名称,但是我没有想到更好的
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However, they've gone 17-6 since then, and could finish with the East's second-best record.
NPR: Anthony Scores 31 As Knicks Top Cavs 101-91

Second best is used to describe something that is not as good as the best thing of its kind but is better than all the other things of that kind.
You can use second best to describe something that you have to accept even though you would have preferred something else.
Second best is also a noun.