• n. 第三紀(jì)；第三修道會會員；第三級教士
• adj. 第三的；第三位的；三代的

來自拉丁語 tertius,第三，來自 ter,三，詞源同 three.

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).

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(xué)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(jì)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(xué)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(jì)鹽湖的沉積環(huán)境.

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