| 单词 | tertiary |
| 释义 | tertiary (once / 6832 pages) adj Tertiary is another way of saying "third in importance," like socializing with co-workers being a tertiary reason for getting an after-school job — less important than, first, earning money and second, gaining skills. To correctly pronounce tertiary, say "TER-she-err-ee." If you are the third child born in your family, don't be tempted to call yourself the "tertiary child." This means you are less important that your two older siblings. However, in some cases, tertiary does not have to do with ranking third — the Tertiary period marks the beginning of life for mammals, and in the United Kingdom, tertiary education means "college-level." WORD FAMILYtertiary USAGE EXAMPLESThe tertiary aspect of safety is important too. Time(Oct 12, 2016) And those feelings have really been secondary or tertiary to me. Slate(Oct 05, 2016) Lawyers could do better, Judge Briscoe said, “by excising tangential facts, secondary or tertiary arguments” on issues “on which a party is unlikely to prevail.” New York Times(Oct 03, 2016) adj coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position Syn 3rd, third ordinal being or denoting a numerical order in a series Tertiary (once / 6667 pages) n WORD FAMILY Tertiary: Tertiaries USAGE EXAMPLESAlso, "Tertiary care centers tend to be much better in taking care of the out-of-the ordinary, unusual cancers," he says. US News(Jul 21, 2015) Peter Jasonides, managing director of Melbourne's Institute of Tertiary and Higher Education Australia, warns it is a tough road. Reuters(Jul 01, 2015) Tertiary Colors: Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green and yellow-green. Forbes(Sep 17, 2014) n from 63 million to 2 million years ago Syn|Exp Tertiary period geological period, period a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed |
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