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

• Provincial capital economy; Tertiary industry; Jinan city.
  省会经济；服务业；济南市。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the new document, the State Council outlines areas where officials should promote tertiary industry.
  在这份新文件中，国务院概述了官员们应当推动发展第三产业的领域。
• The quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present.
  地质时期中的第四纪是从第三纪一直到现在。
• It has an economy featuring high-tech industries, finance and tertiary industries.
  深圳经济的特色是高技术产业、金融业和第三产业。
• 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。
• 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。
• Encourage tertiary students to design and implement their own peer education programmes;
  鼓励大专院校学生构思设计和推行朋辈教育计划；