sixth

英 [sɪksθ] 美[sɪksθ]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

n. 月的第六日，（与the连用的）第六个；六分之一
adj. （与 the 连用）第六的，第六个的；六分之一的

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中文词源

sixth 第六

six,六，-th,表序数。

词态变化

复数: sixths;

英文词源

sixth (adj.): 1520s, replacing Middle English sixte (c. 1200), from Old English syxte, from siex (see six). Compare Old Frisian sexta, Middle Dutch seste, Old High German sehsto, German sechste, Gothic saihsta. With ending conformed to -th (1). Related: Sixthly. The noun meaning "a sixth part" is from 1550s. As a music tone, from 1590s. Sixth sense "supernatural perception of objects" is attested from 1712; earlier it meant "titillation, the sense that apprehends sexual pleasure" (1690s, from Scaliger).
Then said Peter, That is false; for there is a sixth Sense, that of Prescience : for the other five Senses are capable only of Knowledg ; but the Sixth of Foreknowledg ; which Sense the Prophets had. [William Whitson, "Primitive Christianity Reviv'd," vol. V, London, 1712]

双语例句

1. I had one year in the sixth form to retake my GCSEs.: 我读中学六年级的时候有一年的时间可以重新参加普通中等教育证书考试。

2. The very idea of a sixth form college was novel in 1962.: 第六学级学院在1962年还是新提法。

3. In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day.: 东京股价已连续第6天猛跌。

4. The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month.: 10月，制造业经济已经连续第6个月出现萎缩状况。

5. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer contracted by women.: 卵巢癌是女性常患的第六大癌症。

英英释意

1. position six in a countable series of things

2. a sixth part

3. the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it

考试真题

They have been huge supporters of the district's advanced mathematics program, which once began in the fourth grade but will now start in the sixth.

When your child throws her spoon on the floor for the sixth time as you try to feed her, and you say, "That's enough! I will not pick up your spoon again!" The child will immediately test your claim.

The Pacific island nation of Palau has become home to the sixth largest marine sanctuary in the world.

In 2030, a sixth of the country's potential work force could be totally uneducated.

The Cambridge science festival CSF is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual curiosity challenge.

Lucky for us, we also have a sixth sense for dishonesty that may protect us.

实用场景例句

...the sixth round of the World Cup.: 世界杯第六轮的比赛

...the sixth of December.: 12 月 6 日

The company yesterday shed a sixth of its workforce.: 这家公司昨天裁掉了 1/6 的员工。

...five-sixths of a mile.: 5/6 英里

Around the sixth century, Manichaeism reached Xinjiang from Persia through Central Asia.: 公元六世纪前后, 摩尼教由波斯经中亚传入新疆.

It'seems that my sixth sense is right.: 看来我的第六感很正确.

And we've added a sixth task, an action plan for energy efficiency.: 我们还增加了第六项任务, 那就是能源效能行动计划.

It was the sixth of January, Twelfth Night.: 这是一月六日, 主显节的前夕.

Friday is the sixth.: 星期五是第六天.

The sixth part introduced the relief and prevention of objective incapability of procedure of execution.: 第六部分介绍了客观执行不能中的救济和预防.

He was winded by the time he reached the sixth floor.: 他爬到6楼时已上气不接下气了.

My double reservation October first to sixth shall change October seventh seven nights.: 原订十月一日至六日双人房间现改为十月一日至七日,共七晚.

The sixth part summarize the article's study and point out the limit of study. ": 第六部分对全文的研究成果进行了总结,并指出了本文的研究限制.

How much is the sixth power of nine?: 九的六次幂是多少?

He lifted the cup for the sixth time this year.: 他今年第六次赢得这项锦标.

Sue is in the sixth form now.: 休正在读中学最后两年。

My sixth sense told me to stay here and wait.: 直觉告诉我应该待在这儿等着。

He is the sixth person to be arrested in relation to the coup plot.: 他是政变阴谋牵涉到的第6个被捕的人。

During the early sixth century emigration from Britain to Brittany was at its height.: 6世纪初，从不列颠涌向布列塔尼的移民潮达到了高峰。

I had one year in the sixth form to retake my GCSEs.: 我读中学六年级的时候有一年的时间可以重新参加普通中等教育证书考试。

It is the sixth month in a row in which imports have fallen.: 这是进口量持续下降的第6个月了。

The interesting thing about O'Reilly is his sixth sense for finding people who have good ideas.: 奥赖利的有趣之处在于，他能够凭直觉找到有好点子的人。

The One Australia syndicate is to become the sixth challenger for the 1995 Americas Cup.: 名为“澳洲一号”的船队将成为争夺1995年美洲杯的第6个挑战者。

The very idea of a sixth form college was novel in 1962.: 第六学级学院在1962年还是新提法。

In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day.: 东京股价已连续第6天猛跌。

The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month.: 10月，制造业经济已经连续第6个月出现萎缩状况。

Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer contracted by women.: 卵巢癌是女性常患的第六大癌症。

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