tertiary

英 [ˈtɜːʃəri]

美 [ˈtɜːrʃieri]

adj.  第三的; 第三位的; 第三级的
n.  (T-)<地>第三纪; 第三系; 三期梅毒病害;<宗>第三级教士

复数：tertiaries　

IELTSTEM8

BNC.10660 / COCA.18337

牛津词典

adj.

• 第三的；第三位的；第三级的
  third in order, rank or importance
  1. the tertiary sector (= the area of industry that deals with services rather than materials or goods)
     第三产业部门
  2. tertiary education (= at university or college level)
     高等教育

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 第三的;第三位的;第三阶段的
  Tertiarymeans third in order, third in importance, or at a third stage of development.
  1. He must have come to know those philosophers through secondary or tertiary sources.
     他一定是通过第二手或第三手资料了解那些哲学家的。
  2. ...the complementary tertiary colours, russet and olive green.
     互补的三次色——赤褐色和橄榄绿
• ADJ 高等（教育）
  Tertiary educationis education at university or college level.
  1. ...institutions of tertiary education.
     高等教育机构
  2. ...Selby Tertiary College.
     塞尔比高等专科学院

in AM, use 美国英语用 higher education

英英释义

adj

• coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
  Synonym:third3rd

双语例句

• He must have come to know those philosophers through secondary or tertiary sources.
  他一定是通过第二手或第三手资料了解那些哲学家的。
• A series of low cross-linking tertiary ammonium resins were prepared and their exchange capacity was measured.
  制备了一系列低交联季铵树脂，并测定了它们的交换容量。
• Such bridges are important in stabilizing the tertiary structure of peptides and proteins.
  这样的结构对于维持多肽和蛋白质三级结构的稳定有重要的作用。
• The inducing production effect of export upon minority sectors of Tertiary industry is higher.
  出口对第三产业内部的少数行业有较高的生产诱发作用。
• A Tertiary pull apart basin named Laolongwan basin was found in the Haiyuan fault zone.
  在海原断裂带内部发现一个第三纪拉分盆地，命名为老龙湾拉分盆地。
• Is Optimization Standard of Marine Industrial Structure the Improvement of its Tertiary Industry's Proportion?
  海洋产业结构的优化标准是提高其第三产业比重吗？
• Tertiary education is the responsibility of the Higher Education Council, and funding is provided by the state.
  高等教育由高等教育委员会负责，资金由国家提供。
• National gender-specific statistics for tertiary education and science researchers are often lacking in the developing world.
  发展中国家常常缺乏关于高等教育和科学研究人员的国家性别统计数据。
• Tertiary education is one of them.
  高等教育就是其中之一。
• Quantitative analysis of the miniaturization of chemical experiments in tertiary institutions has been gradually adopted in the chemical experiment.
  定量分析化学实验的微型化已逐步在大专院校的化学实验中被采用。