tertiary
                
          英 ['t???(?)r?]
美 ['t???'?ri]
        
                
          
            - n. 第三紀;第三修道會會員;第三級教士
- adj. 第三的;第三位的;三代的
 
        
                
                助記提示
        
        1. third => tert- / terti- => tertiary.
                中文詞源
        
        tertiary 第三的,第三位的來自拉丁語 tertius,第三,來自 ter,三,詞源同 three.
 
                英文詞源
        
        - 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).
雙語例句
        
        - 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鹽湖的沉積環境.
來自互聯網