best：最佳的。

second best：次好的。

settle for：选择；（尤指）牵强承受，迁就。

settle for second best：退而求其次。

I have to settle for second best.

我只好退而求其次了。

So I might as well go to the

second best.

所以我只好选个第二好的。

I like English the best and I like

art the second best.

我最喜爱英语，其次喜爱艺术。

Why settle for second best when you can have something better?

你可以得到非常好的东西的时分，为啥退而求其次呢？