| Gb | Eng |
|---|---|
| 从资料库借磁带是退而求其次的办法。 | Borrowing tapes from the library would be the next-best thing. |
| 我首先是一个教师, 其次才是一个作家。 | I am a teacher in the first place and a writer in the next place. |
| 她最喜爱的运动是滑雪, 其次是冰球. | Next to skiing her favourite sport was ice-hockey. |
| 我最喜欢吃桔子，其次才是香蕉。 | Next to orange I like banana best. |