| Subject | English | Chinese |
| econ. | A second vote shall be taken in the event of deadblock | 遇有僵局，应进行第二轮投票 |
| sport. | Chen Yueling won China's first ever gold medal in Olympic Games track and field competition with a victory in the women's 10-kilometer walk final in Barcelona on August 3rd. She clocked 44 minutes 32 seconds | 8 月 3 日、陈跃玲在巴塞罗那奥运会女子 10 公里竞走决赛中夺魁、成绩是 44 分 32 秒、她为中国夺得第一块奥运会田径比赛金牌 |
| sport. | Chinese athlete Liu Xiang finished first in the men's 110m hurdles final in 12.91 seconds, breaking the Olympic record and equalling the world record. He won a gold medal for China at the 28th Olympic Games | 中国田径运动员刘翔在男子110米跨栏决赛中以 12 秒91的成绩打破奥运会纪录、平世界纪录、在第 28 届奥运会田径比赛中他为中国获得一块金牌 |
| proj.manag. | Every second signal in the ribbon cable is a ground signal to provide the best signal integrity at the users target | 带状电缆中的每一秒钟信号是一个地面信号、 提供最佳的信号完整性给用户的目标 |
| gen. | for convenience we divide time in such a way that there are 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, and 60 seconds in a minute | 为了方便起见,我们是这样划分时间的,即一天有24小时,一小时有60分,一分有60秒 |
| gen. | for convenience we divide time in such a way that there are 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, and 60 seconds in a minute | 为了方便起见,我们是这样划分时间的,即一天有24小时,一小时有60分,一分有60秒,承包有关电力系统的电力生产、分配及应用等各方面的整套综合装置的安装及启用 |
| gen. | in a second | 瞬时 |
| gen. | in a second | 转瞬间 |
| gen. | in a second | 立刻 |
| sport. | Kevin Young, the new Olympic 400m hurdles champion,became the first to run under 47 seconds in this men's event, with a record time of 46.78 seconds | 新的奥运会 400 米跨栏冠军凯文・扬成为这个男子项目中第一个在47秒内跑完全程的选手、他的纪录是 46.78 秒 |
| sport. | locked in a tie for second | 激烈争夺亚军的 |
| scient. | make ten rotations in a second | 每秒钟旋转十圈 |
| scient. | Nuclear explosives can expunge civilization in a fraction of a second. | 核爆炸物能在瞬息之间毁灭文明。 |
| gen. | One second, please. The cashier will have your bill ready in a moment | 请稍等，收银员马上为您准备账单 |
| gen. | should the second fuse also blow, a third is then automatically connected in the circuit | 万一第二个保险丝也烧断了,第三个就会自动接到电路中去 |
| sport. | The marathon race was a close contest with Kodama Taisuke of Japan finishing first in 2 hours, 7 minutes and 23 seconds. Ito of Japan finished second and was followed by two Tanzanians | 这届马拉松赛跑竞争激烈、日本选手儿玉寿介以2小时7分23秒夺得第一名、日本的伊藤是第二名、第三、四名是坦桑尼亚选手 |
| fig.skat. | time in hundredth of a second | 1/100 秒 |
| sport. | Yan Hong and Xu Yongjiu, two Chinese women walkers, broke the world record for the women's 5000-metre track walking with a time of 21 minutes 40.3 seconds and 21 minutes 41 seconds respectively at an international walking competition held in Norway | 中国女子竞走运动员阎红、徐永久在挪威举行的国际竞走比赛中、分别以 21 分 40 秒 3 和 21 分 41 秒的成绩打破 5000 米场地竞走世界纪录 |