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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• Primary and secondary bitmaps are common, but messages requiring a tertiary bitmap are very rare.
  主位图和副位图较为常见，但是很少有包含第三个位图的消息。
• Overseas tertiary education and training generally occurs via scholarships awarded by the Ministry of Education, Training and Technology.
  国外高等教育和培训通常由学生获取教育部、培训部和技术部颁发奖学金的方式进行。
• 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。
• Whether the Proportion of Tertiary Industry in GDP Should Go Up Every Year in China?
  我国第三产业比重是否应该逐年上升？
• 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。
• Provincial capital economy; Tertiary industry; Jinan city.
  省会经济；服务业；济南市。
• 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。