third

英 [θɜːd]

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)

中考高考IELTS考研机械

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

牛津词典

ordinal number

• 第三
  3rd

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

柯林斯词典

• 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.

英英释义

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

• in the third place
  1. third we must consider unemployment
  Synonym:thirdly

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• I braked at the second corner and changed down to third.
  我在第二个拐弯处踩了刹车，挂上三挡。
• It would have been rough justice had he been deprived of this important third European win.
  要是他被剥夺了这一意义重大的第三个欧洲冠军头衔，那对他简直是太不公平了。
• This will be his fifth international championship and his third at senior level.
  这将是他第五个世界冠军，第三个成人级别赛事的冠军。
• 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。
• 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。
• He divided their kingdom into thirds.
  他把他们的王国分成了三个部分。
• We're not even a third of the way there
  我们才走了不到三分之一的路。
• He came third in the poll with 149 votes
  他在选举中获得149票，名列第三。