tertiary

英 [ˈtɜː.ʃər.i] 美 [ˈtɝː.ʃi.er.i]
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  • n. 第三纪;第三修道会会员;第三级教士
  • adj. 第三的;第三位的;三代的
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1. third => tert- / terti- => tertiary.
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中文词源

tertiary 第三的,第三位的

来自拉丁语 tertius,第三,来自 ter,三,词源同 three.

英语词源

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).

权威例句

1. Tertiary education follows secondary education.
高等教育紧跟中等教育.
2. 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。
3. Large stack deposits are controlled by deeply dipping faults Tertiary age.
巨大的堆型矿体受第三纪倾陡断层控制.
4. Tertiary treatment comprises a series of physicochemical steps.
三级处理包括一系列物理化学处理步骤.
5. Aim To analyze Tertiary period sedimentary environment of Qaidamu saline lake.
目的分析柴达木盆地第三纪盐湖的沉积环境.

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