tertiary
英 ['t???(?)r?]
美['t???'?ri]
- n. 第三紀；第三修道會會員；第三級教士
- adj. 第三的；第三位的；三代的
CET6+TEM4IELTS擴展詞匯
助記提示
1. third => tert- / terti- => tertiary.
中文詞源
tertiary 第三的，第三位的
來自拉丁語 tertius,第三，來自 ter,三，詞源同 three.
英文詞源
- tertiary
- tertiary: see third
- tertiary (adj.)
- 1650s, "of the third order, rank, degree, etc.," from Latin tertiarius "of or pertaining to a third," from tertius "third, a third," from root of tres "three" (see three). The geological sense (with capital T-) of "era after the Mesozoic" (which formerly was called the Secondary) is attested from 1794, after Italian terziari, used in this sense 1760 by Italian geologist Giovanni Arduino (1714-1795).
雙語例句
- 1. Tertiary education follows secondary education.
- 高等教育緊跟中等教育.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He must have come to know those philosophers through secondary or tertiary sources.
- 他一定是通過第二手或第三手資料了解那些哲學家的。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Large stack deposits are controlled by deeply dipping faults Tertiary age.
- 巨大的堆型礦體受第三紀傾陡斷層控制.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Tertiary treatment comprises a series of physicochemical steps.
- 三級處理包括一系列物理化學處理步驟.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Aim To analyze Tertiary period sedimentary environment of Qaidamu saline lake.
- 目的分析柴達木盆地第三紀鹽湖的沉積環境.
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