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the next best thing
idiom
C1
the thing that is best, if you cannot have or do the thing you really want: 仅次于…的事物;退而求其次的事物
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。
These sandals are the next best thing to walking around barefoot.穿上拖鞋总比光脚走路要好。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Quite good, or not very good
acceptable
acceptably
adequacy
adequate
adequately
goodish
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half decent
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impure
passably
patchily
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patchy
presentably
scratch
spotty
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weedy
the next best thing | American Dictionary
the next best thing
idiom
something that is almost as good:
If I can’t have cake, ice cream is the next best thing.
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