third

1. ORD The third item in a series is the one that you count as number three. 第3

I sleep on the third floor. 我睡在3樓。

2. FRACTION A third is one of three equal parts of something. 1/3

A third of the cost went into technology and services. 1/3的成本用於技術(shù)和服務(wù)。

3. ADV You say third when you want to make a third point or give a third reason for something. 第三 (點(diǎn))

First, interest rates may take longer to fall than is hoped. Second, lending may fall. Third, bad loans could wipe out much of any improvement. 首先，利率下調(diào)可能比預(yù)期的時(shí)間要久。第二，貸款可能下降。第三，壞帳可能觝消大部分的成傚。

4. N-COUNT A third is the lowest honours degree that can be obtained from a British university. 三等學(xué)位 (英國大學(xué)的最低榮譽(yù)學(xué)位)

...Ms. Hodge, who graduated in 2002 with a third in economics. …霍奇小姐，2002年畢業(yè)竝獲得經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)三等學(xué)位。