英语释义

1. a political principle requiring that two thirds rather than a simple majority of the members of a politically organized group must concur in order to exercise the power to make decisions binding upon the whole group — compare majority rule

2. a vote requiring the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of a politically organized group

片语

Two-thirds cooked三分熟

four and two-thirds四又三分之二

Two-thirds of students三分之二的学生

two-thirds majority三分之二多数

two-part三分之二；包含两个部分（或元素）

a two-thirds majority三分之二的多数

two o thirds三分之二

two-thirds rule三分之二规则

two-thirds formula三分之二公式

英汉例句

• two thirds of these posts are open to fresh college grads.

  这些岗位中，三分之二是向大学应届毕业生开放的。

• that increases to nearly two thirds of second marriages, and three quarters of third marriages.

  第二次婚姻则增加至接近三分之二，第三次婚姻有四分之三。

• the latest count showed that two thirds of new fathers are over 30.

  最新统计显示，三分之二的新爸爸年龄都超过了30岁。

• more than two thirds of women (68 percent) said they only replace make-up and skincare when they run out, however long that might take.

  多于三分之二（68%）的女性说她们不管用多久，都只会在用完化妆品和护肤品后才会更换。

• this is at the second level, about two thirds of the way down.

  这就是第二层次，大约三分之二以下的几行。

• along with two thirds of the team, bevan never played for wales again.

  之后他和球队三分之二的球员再也没有为威尔士效力过。

• two thirds of women prefer working for male bosses because they are better managers and less prone to moods, a study has suggested.

  一项调查显示，三分之二的女性更愿意为男上司工作，因为他们是更好的管理者，而且比较不会情绪化。

• it controls around two thirds of the search market.

  目前它控制着约三分之二的搜索市场。

• the inhabitants of this nation areamong the poorest people in the world; around two thirds live below thenational poverty line.

  这个国家的居民属于世界最贫穷的人；其中约三分之二的人生活在国家贫困线以下。

• the most dire scenario involves not just swine flu but the h5n1 bird flu virus that「s been smoldering in asia since 1997 -- it」s fatal in nearly two thirds of cases.

  最可怕的分析方案并不只涉及猪流感，还有自1997年以来在亚洲未能平息的h5n1禽流感――它有三分之二的感染病例都是致命的。

• the survey found two thirds of those who are size 14 also thought they were overweight or fat.

  这项调查发现，三分之二拥有英式尺码14号身材的人认为自己过重或肥胖。

• this kind of analysis is crucial for correctly identifying art—because even non-expert people were right two thirds of the time, far better than their computer competitors.

  这种分析对于正确的艺术分类非常重要——因为即使非专家的人在三分之二的时候也是对的，远远优于他们的计算机竞争者。

• as you know, two thirds of the country goes underwater for about four to six months of the year.

  大家知道，这个国家三分之二地区在一年当中大约有四到六个月没在水下。

• two thirds of women say that lingerie is to please themselves.

  三分之二的妇女说内衣是为了取悦自己。

• alas, two thirds of them had no country.

  哎，他们中三分之二没有国家。

• despite this, nearly two thirds of teachers (65.4%) felt that job satisfaction was the main factor that kept them in the profession.

  尽管如此，近乎三分之二（65.4%）的教师感到，职业满意是他们能坚守教师岗位的重要原因。

• emotions tend not to be situation specific, so a small win, whether it is a compliment from a colleague or finishing two thirds of your tasks before noon can turn you into a juggernaut.

  情绪不会表现得很具体，因此一次小小的成功，无论是同事祝贺还是中午前就完成了任务的三分之二，都会让人你处于一种自我陶醉的状态。

• up to two thirds of newborn deaths could be prevented if skilled health workers perform effective health measures at birth and during the first week of life.

  如果能在分娩时以及生命第一周中由熟练的卫生工作者提供有效的卫生措施，可能避免近三分之二的新生儿死亡。

• if this occurred at current market prices, the state would own about two thirds of boa and about 80% of citi.

  如果在目前的市价下进行这一转换，政府将持有美国银行三分之二、花旗银行80%的股权。

• before it had traversed two thirds of the street it was received by a general discharge from the barricade.

  他们还没有进入到这条街三分之二的地方，就遭到街垒中发出的一次全面射击。

• up to two thirds of newborn deaths can be prevented if known, effective health measures are provided at birth and during the first week of life.

  如果能在分娩时以及生命第一周中提供已知有效的卫生措施，可能避免近三分之二的新生儿死亡。