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

• The tertiary level is divided to the vocational college and university systems, which award diplomas not mutually interchangeable.
  高等教育分成职业学院和大学制度，它们授予的文凭是不能互换的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The secondary effluent from Gaobeidian Sewage Treatment Plant was treated with the DGB tertiary process for groundwater recharge.
  以北京高碑店二级出水为对象，进行了二级出水地下回灌的DGB深度处理工艺的风险评价。
• Tertiary reactors can be economically switched as system reactive power requirements and voltage profiles vary.
  接在第三绕组上的电抗器可根据系统无功的要求以及电压分布的变化而经济地投切。
• METHODS: This was a retrospective case-control study of dengue-associated deaths at a large tertiary care hospital.
  方法：本研究是对一所大学三级医院与登革热有关的死亡病例进行的一项回顾性比例对照研究。
• 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。