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a/one third of [noun]
She ate a third of the pizza.
她吃了披萨的三分之一。
三分之一
thirds — plural of third
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三分之一
one of three equal parts of a whole
She ate a third of the pizza.
她吃了披萨的三分之一。
第三位的人或事物。
The person or thing in the third position.
三分之一；可分割整体的三等分之一
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
三分之一。
One of three equal parts of a whole.
棒球中守在三垒的防守位置(从本垒逆时针数第三个垒)
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)
She cut the apple into three equal pieces and handed one third to me.
她把苹果切成三等份，递给我三分之一。
AI contextual example
A third of the students in our class walk to school.
我们班三分之一的学生步行上学。
AI contextual example
Two thirds of the bottle is still full.
这个瓶子还有三分之二满。
AI contextual example
it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
它大约含有每日最低需求量的三分之一。
WordNet
She ate a third of the pizza.
她吃了披萨的三分之一。
用于表示比例变化。
Profits increased by a third this quarter.
本季度利润增加了三分之一。
这里third用作复数形式。
Two thirds of the students passed the exam.
三分之二的学生通过了考试。
Not this
He ate third of the cake.
Use this
He ate a third of the cake.
中文学习者可能忘记在作“三分之一”解的可数名词“third”前加不定冠词“a”。
Not this
Two third of the students passed.
Use this
Two thirds of the students passed.
当分子大于1时，分母“third”必须加“-s”变为复数形式。
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三分之一的……
A third of the students chose to study abroad.
三分之一的学生选择出国留学。
三分之二
Two thirds of the staff work remotely.
三分之二的员工远程办公。
第三名；第三位
She won third place in the science fair.
她在科学展中获得第三名。
三垒
He hit the ball and ran to third base.
他击出球后跑向三垒。
大三度（音程）
The melody begins with a major third.
这段旋律以一个大三度音程开始。
第三次就会成功；事不过三
I failed twice, but the third time's the charm.
我失败了两次，但第三次就会成功。
严厉盘问某人
My parents gave me the third degree when I got home late.
我晚回家时，父母严厉地盘问了我。
电灯泡（多余的人）
I felt like a third wheel when I joined the couple for dinner.
我和那对情侣一起吃晚饭时，觉得自己像个电灯泡。
第三次定会成功。
After two failed attempts, the third was the charm for her.
两次尝试失败后，第三次她成功了。
太阳的第三块岩石（指地球）
Earth is the third from the sun in our solar system.
在我们的太阳系中，地球是距太阳第三近的行星。
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third 以 th 开头，和 three（三）同一家族；记住 one, two, three 之后就是 third 第三。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常排序与名次表达、分数与比例表达 该词作名词时通常指“第三位的人或事物”或“三分之一”，在日常对话和一般书面语中都较常见，属于中性表达，但具体含义需根据上下文判断。
用作分数时通常与of连用，如a third of the cake
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