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We can't see each other often, but calling each other on the telephone is the next best thing.虽然不能经常见面，但是互通电话是我们不错的选择。The shortstop is the best player on the team, and the catcher is the next best player.这个棒球队里最出色的球员是游击手，其次是接球手。If you can't be there in person, the next best thing is watching it on TV.如果你不能亲自到场的话，在电视上观看就是退而求其次的选择了。Tickets for the concert are no longer available, so the next best is the cinema.音乐会的门票已经售完，所以只能去看电影了。The one thing he didn't have was a son. I think he's felt that a grandson is the next best thing.他唯一缺的就是个儿子，我想他觉得有个外孙也不错。If I can't be home for Christmas, phoning you on the day is the next best thing.如果圣诞节我回不了家，就退而求其次当天给你打个电话。This is the next best thing to actually being on holiday.虽比不上真的度假，这样也不错。I really wanted to work in television but I ended up in radio, which is the next best thing.我本来希望到电视台工作，但结果退而求其次去了广播电台。If sterile equipment isn't available, the next best thing is to clean equipment with disinfectant.如果没有消毒设备，那就最好用消毒剂把设备清洁一下。 |