third

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美 [θɜːrd]

ord. 第三
n. 三分之一; 三等学位(英国大学中低于平均水平的学位)

Collins.4 / BNC.465 / COCA.584

习惯用语

ordinal number

third time lucky

（但愿）第三次交好运；过一过二不过三
used when you have failed to do sth twice and hope that you will succeed the third time

ordinal number

noun

三分之一
each of three equal parts of sth
三等学位（英国大学中低于平均水平的学位）
a level of university degree at British universities, that is lower than average

ORD 第三
Thethirditem in a series is the one that you count as number three.
1. I sleep on the third floor...
  我睡在三楼。
2. It was the third time one of his cars had gone up in flames...
  这是他的车第三次起火。
3. He came third in the poll with 149 votes...
  他在选举中获得 149 票，名列第三。
4. The attack was the third so far this year.
  这是今年迄今为止的第三次袭击。
FRACTION 三分之一
Athirdis one of three equal parts of something.
1. A third of the cost went into technology and services...
  有三分之一的支出投入了技术和服务。
2. Only one third get financial help from their fathers...
  只有三分之一的人得到父亲的经济援助。
3. He divided their kingdom into thirds.
  他把他们的王国分成了三个部分。
ADV 第三(点)
You saythirdwhen you want to make a third point or give a third reason for something.
1. First, interest rates may take longer to fall than is hoped. Second, in real terms, lending may fall. Third, bad loans could wipe out much of any improvement.
  首先，利率的下降可能没有希望的那样快;第二，实际贷款额可能会减少;第三，坏账很可能抵消大部分增长。
三等学位(英国大学颁发的最低级荣誉学位)
Athirdis the lowest honours degree that can be obtained from a British university.

noun

the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
1. he is playing third
Synonym:third base
the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
1. he was cut down on a close play at third
Synonym:third base
the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
1. you shouldn't try to start in third gear
Synonym:third gear
the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
1. a simple harmony written in major thirds
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
1. it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
Synonym:one-thirdtierce
following the second position in an ordering or series
1. a distant third
2. he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment

adj

coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
Synonym:3rdtertiary

adv

It was the third time one of his cars had gone up in flames
这是他的车第三次起火。
Private sponsorships only accounted for a third of all arts funding last year.
个人赞助只占去年所有艺术基金的三分之一。
Jane's goals helped Britain win third place in the Barcelona games
简的进球帮助英国队在巴塞罗那奥运会上获得了第三名。
England will have to settle for third or fourth place.
英格兰将只好接受第三或第四的排名。
The expansion of Western capitalism incorporated the Third World into an exploitative world system.
西方资本主义的扩张将第三世界并入了剥削性的世界体系中。
We're not even a third of the way there
我们才走了不到三分之一的路。
The American edition of 'Cloud Street' is already in its third printing.
美国版的《云街》已经是第三次印刷了。
It is his third brush with the law in less than a year.
这已是他在不到一年的时间里第三次触犯法律了。
Davies finished almost two seconds in arrears for third place.
戴维斯落后了差不多两秒，获得第三名。
Britain has dropped from second to third place in the league.
英国在联赛中的排名从第二位降到了第三位。