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词汇 twelfth
释义 twelfth
ordinal number
uk /twelfθ/ us /twelfθ/
12th written as a word: 第十二(的)
Our next meeting is on the twelfth (of May).我们下一次会议是在(五月)十二日。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Numbers: ordinal
eighteenth
eighth
eleventh
fiftieth
fortieth
fourth
millionth
nano-
quinti
seventeenth
seventh
sixteenth
sixth
sixtieth
tertius
thirteenth
thirtieth
trillionth
twenty-first
umpteenth
twelfth
noun[ C ]
uk /twelfθ/ us /twelfθ/
one of twelve equal parts of something: 十二分之一
An inch is one twelfth of a foot.一英寸等于十二分之一英尺。
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Fractions
complex fraction
compound fraction
deci-
denominator
eighth
eightieth
fortieth
fraction
in
mixed fraction
ninth
proper fraction
seventeenth
seventh
seventieth
sixteenth
sixth
sixtieth
thirteenth
thirtieth

twelfth | American Dictionary


twelfth
adjective, adverb, noun[ C ]
us/twelfθ/
(a person or thing) coming immediately after the eleventh and before all others:
She finished twelfth in her age group.
[ C ]We will arrive on the twelfth of December.
A twelfth is one of twelve equal parts of something.

Examples of twelfth


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If we therefore add one-eleventh to get to twelve-twelfths, we are adding about £52 million—in round figures, £50 million.
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We should remember that the balance of payment deficit goes on the calendar year and that we have already had ten-twelfths of that year.
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We must prevent the disruption that further disputes would cause and any uncertainties linked to provisional twelfths.
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In other words, we are defining a reasonable doubt as two-twelfths.
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If that did not happen, the provisional twelfths regime would come into force and no significant refunds would be available to us.
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He is not demanding the whole pound of flesh, but he is not content with four-twelfths; he wants five-twelfths and six-twelfths, respectively.
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Provisional twelfths quite clearly do not represent the level of resources that would otherwise have been adopted, because no budget has been adopted.
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One can see a grave objection to that, because clearly the employee has at any rate paid five-twelfths of the contribution.
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Under the terms of the treaty, the provisional twelfths regime operates.
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By taking that action about seven-twelfths of a teacher's salary is saved.
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The court made clear that there are several unsatisfactory aspects in the manner in which the provisional twelfths regime currently operates.
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We will also need to agree on clear collaboration principles and, if necessary, we will need some rules on provisional twelfths.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Let us suppose that eleven-twelfths of the supplies will not be exploited.
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Will the price contract be made for the other eleven-twelfths?
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The difficulty is that we are not having theoretical twelfths per month.
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