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 prevention of maladjustment has been described under the categories of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.
  预防失调已被描述的类别的初级，二级和三级预防。
• The state is the principal provider of education at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
  政府是初级，中等和高等教育的主要提供者。
• Detailed structural analysis of protein necessitates investigation at primary, secondary and tertiary levels, respectively.
  蛋白质的详细的结构分析分别需要在一级、二级和三级水平进行研究。
• Tertiary education is one of them.
  高等教育就是其中之一。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As soon as I completed my tertiary education, I started working full time in KPMG Singapore.
  在我大学毕业之后，我就开始在毕马威新加坡从事全职工作。
• 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。