adj. tertiary [noun]
形容词用法,表示“第三的”“第三位的”;tertiary sector 指第三产业。
The tertiary sector includes banking and tourism.
第三产业包括银行业和旅游业。
第三纪
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
第三纪
the Tertiary period (from 63 million to 2 million years ago)
The tertiary sector includes banking and tourism.
第三产业包括银行业和旅游业。
任何被认为是第三等级的事物。
Any item considered to be of third order.
三次色。
A tertiary colour.
来自第三纪的事物(旧称,指距今6500万年至258万年前的地质时期)。
Something from the Tertiary Period (the former term for the geologic period from 65 million to 2.58 million years ago).
三级飞羽(tertial)。
A tertiary feather; a tertial.
After finishing secondary school, she applied to a tertiary institution.
中学毕业后,她申请了一所高等院校。
Most workers in the city are employed in the tertiary sector, such as banking and tourism.
这个城市的大多数工人受雇于第三产业,如银行业和旅游业。
The project is now in its tertiary phase, the last of three planned stages.
该项目目前处于第三阶段,即三个计划阶段的最后一步。
形容词用法,表示“第三的”“第三位的”;tertiary sector 指第三产业。
The tertiary sector includes banking and tourism.
第三产业包括银行业和旅游业。
名词用法,地质学中指第三纪,通常带定冠词 the。
The Tertiary began about 63 million years ago and ended about 2 million years ago.
第三纪始于大约六千三百万年前,止于大约两百万年前。
名词用法,指第三修道会会员;复数形式为 tertiaries。
He became a tertiary in the Franciscan order.
他成为方济各会的第三修道会会员。
Not this
He finished tertiary in the race.
Use this
He finished third in the race.
tertiary 是形容词或专门术语名词(如“第三纪”“第三修道会会员”),不能像 third 一样作名词/副词表示比赛名次;表示“获得第三名”应用序数词 third。
Not this
After high school, she went to a tertiary.
Use this
After high school, she went to a tertiary institution.
tertiary 作形容词可修饰 institution/education,但本身不指“高等院校”;不能说 a tertiary,须补出被修饰名词 institution(或 college/education)。
Not this
He suffered tertiary burns.
Use this
He suffered third-degree burns.
表示“三度烧伤”时英文固定用 third-degree,而 tertiary 虽有“第三的”之义,但在医学语境中不用于烧伤分级;这是固定搭配问题。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
高等教育
Tertiary education includes universities and colleges.
高等教育包括大学和学院。
第三产业
The tertiary sector provides services rather than goods.
第三产业提供服务而非商品。
三级医疗
Patients with severe burns need tertiary care at a specialized hospital.
严重烧伤患者需要在专科医院接受三级医疗。
三级结构
Protein function depends on its tertiary structure.
蛋白质的功能取决于其三级结构。
第三纪
Fossils from the Tertiary period are found here.
这里发现了第三纪的化石。
Use tertiary naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象三级台阶:primary 第一级,secondary 第二级,tertiary 第三级;大学三级教育、第三产业都用它,记住‘第三’即可。
语域:formal 常见场景:geology、paleontology、academic writing 该义项(第三纪)通常用于地质学、古生物学等专业领域,多出现在正式文献或学术讨论中;日常口语中较少使用。
tertiary 读作 /ˈtɜːʃiəri/,列表中没有完全押韵的词。subsidiary、auxiliary 都以 -iary 结尾,末尾带有相似的 /iəri/,但重音都在第二个音节,与 tertiary 不同。territory 拼写很像 tertiary,但读作 /ˈterɪtəri/,注意不要混淆。nursery 与 tertiary 有相同的 /ɜː/ 元音;secondary 与 tertiary 一样以 -ary 结尾,但发音为 /əri/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.