No.2 the first runner-up

the first runner-up 指的是第二名、亚军。有时可以直接把 the first 省略，写为 runner-up，这时可以指第二名、亚军，也可以指非冠军的获奖者。

例句1：The first runner-up wasn't available?

亚军来不了吗？

例句2：And finally, a word about the winner and runner-up.

最后，来谈一谈冠亚军。

No.3 the second runner-up

the second runner-up 表示季军、第三名。虽然里面出现了 second 可千万不要把它理解错为第二名哦。

例句：We've got a former Miss Oklahoma who was second runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant this year.

我们联系到了一位前俄克拉荷马小姐，她是今年美国小姐比赛的季军。

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