at second hand

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英文释义

介词短语
  1. By an intermediary or by indirect means; usually relating to something heard, by hearsay.
    — Even devoted monarchists knew of her only at second hand, as a cipher, a still, small, largely silent, smiling figure, bound by her sense of duty and service, surrounded by turmoil and hubbub.
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