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

• Detailed structural analysis of protein necessitates investigation at primary, secondary and tertiary levels, respectively.
  蛋白质的详细的结构分析分别需要在一级、二级和三级水平进行研究。
• Tertiary education is one of them.
  高等教育就是其中之一。
• 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。
• Encourage tertiary students to design and implement their own peer education programmes;
  鼓励大专院校学生构思设计和推行朋辈教育计划；
• Provincial capital economy; Tertiary industry; Jinan city.
  省会经济；服务业；济南市。
• The state is the principal provider of education at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
  政府是初级，中等和高等教育的主要提供者。
• Besides," Development of diversified industries "includes not only manufacturing industry but also tertiary industry and modern agriculture.
  另外，“多业发展”不仅是指工业，还包括第三产业和现代农业。
• A series of low cross-linking tertiary ammonium resins were prepared and their exchange capacity was measured.
  制备了一系列低交联季铵树脂，并测定了它们的交换容量。
• 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。
• 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。