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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sec·ond·a·ry /ˈsekəndəri $ -deri/ ●●○ S3 W2 adjective  1. secondary education/schooling/teaching etc SESthe education, teaching etc of children between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 中等教育/学校教育/教学等〔指对11至16或18岁孩子的教育〕 → tertiary2  UNIMPORTANTnot as important as something else 次要的，从属的 → primary the novel’s secondary characters 这本小说中的次要人物secondary to Writing was always secondary to spending time with my family. 与和我的家人共度时光相比，写作总是排在第二位。be of secondary importance/be a secondary consideration Cost is the important thing – any benefits for the user are a secondary consideration. 成本才是重要的——对用户的益处是次要的考虑。► see thesaurus at unimportant —secondarily adverb

Examples from the Corpus

secondary• Liver biopsy showed that this patient already had secondary biliary cirrhosis.• The secondary decisions that follow become, in fact, the primary decisions.• Free secondary education increased the pressure on space.• These six secondary ideas in chapter 1 are distilled from a detailed discussion over many pages.• Price is the most important factor for us - location is a secondary issue.• The government sees unemployment as a secondary issue.• The study found that women were often reduced to secondary roles in the workplace.• Some accept the secondary status the discipline allocates them.• Tourism is secondary to oil revenues as a source of income.be of secondary importance/be a secondary consideration• Teenagers want their clothes to look good - comfort is of secondary importance to them.From Longman Business Dictionarysecondarysec‧ond‧a‧ry /ˈsekəndəri-deri/ adjective1secondary shares/bonds etcFINANCE shares, stocks etc in companies that are not considered to be the biggest or most importantSYN SECOND-TIERThe market for secondary corporate issues was quiet yesterday.2secondary industry/productCOMMERCE an industry or product that has developed from another industry and uses materials from that larger industrySecondary industries turn products from farming into more useful forms, eg wool into cloth.3secondary market/trading etcFINANCE trading of shares, bonds etc that have already been ISSUED (=made available and sold for the first time), and which are now available on the market for other investors to buy and sellThe primary market has been out-performing the secondary market in terms of value over the past four years.the 300,000 shares in the secondary offering

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secondary
sec‧ond‧a‧ry S3 W2 /ˈsekəndəri $ -deri/ adjective
1. secondary education/schooling/teaching etc the education, teaching etc of children between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 ⇨ tertiary
2. not as important as something else ⇨ primary:
    the novel’s secondary characters
    secondary to
    Writing was always secondary to spending time with my family.
    be of secondary importance/be a secondary consideration
    Cost is the important thing – any benefits for the user are a secondary consideration.
—secondarily adverb
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ unimportant not important: The exact details are unimportant. | Girls' education was seen as unimportant.
   ▪ of no/little importance not important, or not very important. These phrases sound a little more formal than unimportant: If you're capable of doing the job, your age is of no importance. | It's of little importance whether or not this story is true.
   ▪ minor small and not very likely to have an important effect - used especially about changes, problems, injuries, damage, or differences: I've made a few minor changes. | The driver suffered minor injuries. | These are just minor problems.
   ▪ trivial very unimportant and not worth worrying about or spending time on: They had a disagreement about some trivial matter. | She tends to get upset about trivial things.
   ▪ insignificant very small and unimportant, especially when compared to other things: Her own problems seemed insignficant. | The amount of carbon they produce is relatively insignificant.
   ▪ negligible extremely small and not important - used especially about effects, amounts, differences, or risks: So far, the program has had a negligible effect. | The difference in price is negligible.
   ▪ secondary not as important as something else: These issues are of secondary importance. | For many women, a career is secondary to being mother.

🔑 sec·ond·aryBrE /ˈsekəndri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsekənderi/ 🔊 adjective🔑 less important than sth else 次要的；从属的；辅助的◆That is just a secondary consideration. 那只不过是次要的考虑因素。🔊🔊◆Experience is what matters—age is of secondary importance. 重要的是经验，年龄是次要的。🔊🔊◆~ to sth Raising animals was only secondary to other forms of farming. 与其他农业生产相对而言，饲养牲畜只是副业。🔊🔊🔑 happening as a result of sth else 间接引发的；继发性的；次生的◆a secondary infection继发感染◆a secondary effect间接结果◆a secondary colour (= made from mixing two primary colours) 次色🔑 [only before noun] connected with teaching children of 11–18 years 中等教育的；中学的◆secondary teachers中学教师◆the secondary curriculum中学课程  ➡  compare elementary (1) , primary adjective (3) , tertiary ▸ sec·ond·ar·ily BrE /ˈsekəndrəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsekənˈderəli/ 🔊 adverb◆Their clothing is primarily functional and only secondarily decorative. 他们的衣服首重实用，其次才讲花式。🔊🔊