third

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third1 /θɜːd $ θɜːrd/ W2 S2 adjectiveadj

1 HMcoming after two other things in a series 第三（个）的

in the third century

在3世纪

her third birthday

她的3岁生日

2. third time lucky British EnglishBrE, (the) third time’s the charm American EnglishAmE spoken used when you have failed to do something twice and hope to be successful the third time （但愿）第三次会交好运〔表示两次失败后希望第三次取得成功〕

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third time lucky• Barcelona, having lost the 1961 and 1986 finals, hope it will be third time lucky.• Everyone is praying that this time it will be third time lucky.• Maybe he's out there thinking: third time lucky.• Odds-on favourite last time at Haydock, he was narrowly beaten into third place, but tomorrow should prove third time lucky.

—third pronoun

I’m planning to leave on the third (=the third day of the month).

我打算3号走。

—thirdly adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

third• This is her third marriage.

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third2 W3 noun [countableC]

1 HMPARTone of three equal parts of something 三分之一

Divide it into thirds.

把它分成三等份。

third of

A third of these jobs are held by women.

这些工作有三分之一由女性担任。

one-third/two-thirds

Two-thirds of the profits are given to charities.

利润的三分之二捐给慈善机构。

2. SECthe lowest type of degree that is given by a British university 〔英国大学颁发的〕第三等学位，三级荣誉学位

Examples from the Corpus

third• But two of the lambs died within minutes of birth, and a third died at ten days.• One big headache is the banks' large mortgage portfolios, which account for over a third of their total loans.• A third, smaller group will consist of veterans whose illnesses can not be tied to Gulf War service, he said.• Nearly half the runoff came from Colorado and another third from Wyoming and Utah.• Divide the sandwich into thirds.• Throughout the last third of the Cretaceous the dinosaurs slowly declined in diversity and numbers.• The Raiders have struggled on third down all season.• The company has lost one third of its investment.• The third, and most innovative, idea is symbolized by the smart card.

A third• Estimating the size of a coinage A third main method of looking at coins is rather more detailed.• At hearing. A third child, aged only seven months, was lifted out to safety in a carry-cot.• It joins the male and together they hunt. A third bird appears.• Both died from multiple injuries. A third child, nine-year-old Christopher Nimbley, was also injured.

From Longman Business Dictionary

thirdthird /θɜːdθɜːrd/ adjectiveadj

third half/quarter/periodACCOUNTING the third half, quarter etc of the financial year

Origin third1

Old English thridda, thirdda

third1 adjectiveadjthird2 noun

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