三分之一

a third wheel───电灯泡

a load of───大量；许多

a throw───投掷

ahead of───prep.在……之前；早于；领先

at the hand of───在……的手上；由于......的作用；出自某人之手

a thick ear───厚耳

get hold of───把握；抓住；得到

lay hold of───v.抓住；控制

sam hold of───山姆拿着

Management hostility is apparent in about a third of non-union workplaces.───在大约1/3不雇用工会会员的工作场所明显可见仇视管理层的现象。

Only about a third of the reinforcements will be regular troops.───增援部队中仅有约1/3是常备军。

A third of the population is living at or below the poverty line .───三分之一的人口生活在贫困线或以下。

A third of the Senate and the entire House are up for re-election.───参议院三分之一的席位和众议院所有席位都面临改选。

In the past, about a third of the babies born to women with diabetes were lost.───过去，患有糖尿病的女性生下的孩子中约有1/3夭折了。

A third of the territory was ceded to France.───领土的三分之一割让给了法国.

Nearly a third of the children were severely underweight.───约有三分之一的孩子曾严重体重过轻。

Nearly a third of the children were severely underweight.───近1/3的孩子体重严重偏轻。

Our team dropped behind in the league matches when a third of the players went on holiday.───我们的队伍由于三分之一的队员在度假而在联赛中落后了.

Only a third of these households thought it reasonable to meter water.───这些家庭当中只有三分之一认为用水表计量是合理的。

Private sponsorships only accounted for a third of all arts funding last year.───个人赞助只占去年所有艺术基金的三分之一。

Over a third of those now at secondary school in Wales attend schools with over 1,000 pupils.───威尔士现在的初中生中有1/3以上的人就读的学校学生总数超过1,000人。

Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice up to a third of their holidays for the pleasure of travelling on a ship.───相对地讲很少有人肯牺牲三分之一的假日,来换取船上旅行的快乐.

A third of Africa is under threat of desertification.───三分之一的非洲大陆面临着荒漠化的威胁。

More than a third of all pedestrian injuries are to children.───所有受伤的行人中有1/3以上是儿童。

We're not even a third of the way there.───我们才走了不到三分之一的路。

Amsterdam is fun — a third of its population is aged between 18 and 30.───阿姆斯特丹非常有趣——它有1/3的人口年龄介于18到30岁之间。

The inspectors said just under a third of lessons were unsatisfactory.

Over a third of those now at secondary school in Wales attend schools with over 1,000 pupils.

The estate contains 300 new homes, about a third of which are leased to the council.

A third of accidental deaths occur in the home.

A third of the territory was ceded to France.

Nearly a third of the population died in the Great Plague.

Nearly a third of the children were severely underweight.

More than a third of Britain's bird species need urgent protection.

A third of these jobs are held by women.