三中英惯用例句:
  • 他三次获授英格兰队选手帽（三次被选出参加比赛）.
    for England.
  • 捉住的有三个企图逃走.
    Three of the captives tried to escape.
  • 他被囚禁三年.
    He was held in captivity for three years.
  • 他逃避追捕已三日.
    He evaded capture for three days.
  • 我们有三只猫和一只狗.
    We've got three cats and a dog.
  • 这次是国家两年来的第三次政府更替.
    This is the third change of government the country has seen in two years.
  • 她已婚, 有三个孩子. =>App 8 见附录8.
    She is married with three children.
  • 假如我有选择的余地, 我三十岁就退休.
    If I had the choice, I would retire at thirty.
  • 环绕本市城墙的周长是三英里.
    The circuit of the city walls is three miles.
  • 信要整整三天才能到达.
    Allow three clear days for the letter to arrive.
  • 他跳得比杆儿高出三英寸.
    the bar.
  • 星期三提早关门（该日商店下午不开门）.
    Wednesday is early-`closing day, ie the day when the shops are not open in the afternoon.
  • 他与经理在密室会谈[他们在密室里一起商谈了三个小时].
    He and the manager were closeted together for three hours.
  • 委员会由所有三个政党的成员组成.
    The committee is constituted of members of all three parties.
  • 他才三十岁, 却已拍过四部影片了.
    He is only thirty, and already he has four films to his credit, ie he has made four films.
  • 做三明治时要把焦皮切掉. =>illus at bread 见bread之插图.
    Cut the crusts off when you make sandwiches.
  • 我们在上半场比赛中射进的三个球可以使我们稳操胜券.
    against defeat.
  • 在英国, 因社会阶层不同, lunch、 dinner、 supper、 tea这四个词的用法也不尽相同, 而且在一定程度上亦有地区性差别. If the midday meal is called lunch, the evening meal is dinner or supper. 若午餐称作lunch, 则晚餐即为dinner或supper. *In this case tea consists of a drink and cake or biscuits in the afternoon. 在这种情况下, tea则指下午的茶点, 包括饮料和糕点、 饼乾之类. If the midday meal is called dinner then the evening meal is tea or supper. 若午餐称作dinner, 则晚餐即是tea或supper. *In this case supper may be a light snack before bedtime. 这时, supper可能指临睡前吃的夜宵. At school, children have school dinner/lunch at midday or they may take a packed/sandwich lunch with them. 在校学生中午吃的要麽是school dinner/lunch（学校午餐）, 要麽是自己带去的packed sandwich lunch（盒装[三明治]午餐）.
    The use of the terms lunch, dinner, supper and tea varies between social classes in Britain and to some extent between regions.
  • 我们需要三打盒子. =>App 4 见附录4.
    We need three dozen boxes.
  • 一顿饭吃三道菜不到1英镑, 这日子一去不复返了.
    Gone are the days when you could buy a three-course meal for under 1.
  • 第三幕演得拖拖拉拉. =>Usage at shuffle 用法见shuffle.
    The third act limps badly.
  • 我们队以三比零获胜. =>Usage at nought 用法见nought.
    three goals to nil, ie 3-0.
  • 第一、 第二、 第三都是序数词. =>App 4 见附录4. Cf 参看 cardinal1.
    First', `second' and `third' are ordinals.
  • 管理部门认为办公室人浮於事, 於是裁去了三名级别低的打字员.Cf 参看 overstaffed, undermanned.
    Management decided the office was overmanned and sacked three junior typists.
  • 公共汽车在每小时的第一刻钟和第三刻钟各开出一班车（如10时15分及10时45分）. =>App 4 见附录4.
    The buses leave twice every hour on the quarter, eg at 10.15 and 10.45.
  • 上述三人, 即房东、 承租人、 房客....
    these three persons, viz landlord, lessee and tenant...
  • 仅三天。
    Only three days.
  • 那是我第三次参观那地方了。
    That was the third time that I had visited the place.
  • 这条河只有那条河的三分之一长。
    This river is one third as long as that river.
  • 使用这台机器可以使生产率提高30%，同样也可以使三个人所做的工作，由一个人就可以完成。
    You will get a 30% increasing production upon using this machine and also it allows one people to perform the task of three people.
  • 做我们的代理，你们应该有规律地至少每三个月发给我们有关你们的市场报告
    As our agent you should send us your market report regularly at least once every three month.
  • 如果不能在规定的三个月内出话，则合同视为无效
    If the shipment can not be made within three month as stipulated, the contract will become void.