1ORD 第三 The third item in a series is the one that you count as number three. 第三
I sleep on the third floor.
我睡在三楼。
It was the third time one of his cars had gone up in flames.
这是他的车第三次起火。
He came third in the poll with 149 votes.
他在选举中获得 149 票,名列第三。
The attack was the third so far this year.
这是今年迄今为止的第三次袭击。
2FRACTION 三分之一 A third is one of three equal parts of something. 三分之一
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。
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。
He divided their kingdom into thirds.
他把他们的王国分成了三个部分。
3ADV 第三(点) You say third when you want to make a third point or give a third reason for something. 第三(点)
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。
4N-COUNT [usually singular]三等学位(英国大学颁发的最低级荣誉学位) A third is the lowest honours degree that can be obtained from a British university. 三等学位(英国大学颁发的最低级荣誉学位)
ADJECTIVE | VERB + THIRD | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤first前三分之一➤middle中間的三分之一➤final, last後三分之一◇the last third of the novel小說的後三分之一部份➤remaining剩餘的三分之一▸➤bottom, lower底部的/下面的三分之一▸➤top, upper頂部的/上面的三分之一◇Most of the students' scores were in the upper third of the range.大部份學生的成績都處於分數分佈範圍的上三分之一。VERB + THIRD➤divide sth into把⋯分成三份◇He divided the money into thirds.他把錢分成三份。PREPOSITION➤third of三分之一的⋯◇Over a third of sales were made over the Internet.三分之一以上的銷售額是在因特網上實現的。PHRASES➤about a third, almost a third, at least a third, over a third大約/接近/至少/超過三分之一◇Over a third of people questioned said they would consider cosmetic surgery.受訪者當中有三分之一以上說他們會考慮做整容手術。➤between a third and a half, a third to (a) half三分之一至二分之一之間;三分之一至二分之一◇The discount is a third to a half of the full price.折扣是全價的三分之一到一半。