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

• Education in Australia follows a three tier model: primary, secondary and tertiary education.
  澳大利亚的教育遵循着三层形式：初级、中等和高等教育。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tertiary education is one of them.
  高等教育就是其中之一。
• Tertiary education depends on the education chosen in secondary education.
  三重教育取决于中等教育中的选择教育。
• 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。
• METHODS: This was a retrospective case-control study of dengue-associated deaths at a large tertiary care hospital.
  方法：本研究是对一所大学三级医院与登革热有关的死亡病例进行的一项回顾性比例对照研究。
• Is Optimization Standard of Marine Industrial Structure the Improvement of its Tertiary Industry's Proportion?
  海洋产业结构的优化标准是提高其第三产业比重吗？
• 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？
• The internal structural optimization in the tertiary industry contains rationalizing and upgrading industrial structures.
  第三产业内部结构优化，主要包括产业结构合理化和高度化两方面内容。