penultimate

英 [penˈʌltɪmət]

美 [penˈʌltɪmət]

adj.  倒数第二的

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.14457 / COCA.23374

牛津词典

adj.

• 倒数第二的
  immediately before the last one
  1. the penultimate chapter/day/stage
     倒数第二章 / 天 / 阶段

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 倒数第二的
  Thepenultimatething in a series of things is the last but one.
  1. ...on the penultimate day of the Asian Games.
     在亚运会结束的倒数第二天
  2. ...in the penultimate chapter.
     在倒数第二章中

英英释义

noun

• the next to last syllable in a word
  Synonym:penultpenultima

adj

• next to the last
  1. the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter
  2. the figures in the next-to-last column
  Synonym:next-to-last

双语例句

• Is there penultimate whole body armour in East ( especially in China)?
  东方（其是中国）没有倒数第二张那样的全身甲？
• Cole has scored just one goal in11 league appearances, the winner against Bolton in Hodgson's penultimate game in charge.
  小乔联赛出场11次仅攻入1球，即在霍二执教下战胜博尔顿的比赛。
• The penultimate part of the plan is boosting infrastructure exports to Africa and other low-income countries.
  第四部分是推动向非洲和其它低收入国家的基础设施出口。
• After a few more housekeeping checks, the penultimate step is to call the module's exit function ( provided within the module itself).
  在几个维护检查之后，倒数第二个步骤是调用模块的exit函数（模块内部自带）。
• Nevertheless, Augustine argues, it can still be considered a commonwealth in a limited, provisional, and penultimate sense.
  不过，奥古斯丁说，从一个有限的、神的护理和次一级的意义来说，它仍然可以被当作公共的福祉。
• A section of a metrical period in quantitative verse, consisting of two to six feet and in Latin verse having one principal accent. Italian words usually have the main stress on the penultimate syllable in the word.
  言词的节奏单位，拉丁诗歌中从两个到六个音步中，含有一个主重音意大利语单词的主重音通常在倒数第二个音节上。
• Women have made tremendous advances in many aspects of their lives, but in courtship, this penultimate act is still not valued or respected, said researcher Katherine Parkin, a professor at Monmouth University in New Jersey.
  美国新泽西州孟茅斯大学的研究员、凯瑟琳帕金教授说：女性在生活的很多方面都取得了巨大进步，但对求婚而言，这种退而求其次的行为仍然被认为毫无意义，也不受尊重。
• The author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter; the figures in the next-to-last column.
  作者在倒数第二章无意说出了凶手是谁；倒数第二根柱子上的图形。
• The penultimate letter of a word
  一词的倒数第二个字母
• A2-2 draw at home Chelsea in the penultimate week of the season left them facing three massive games in a week.
  在联赛倒数第二轮战平切尔西使得在最后一周他们不得不面临三场恶战。