tenth

英 [tenθ]

美 [tenθ]

ord. 第十
n. 十分之一

Collins.4 / BNC.5237 / COCA.7565

习惯用语

possession is nine tenths of the law

现实占有，败一胜九；占有者在诉讼中总占上风
if you already have or control sth, it is difficult for sb else to take it away from you, even if they have the legal right to it

ordinal number

noun

第十
Thetenthitem in a series is the one that you count as number ten.
FRACTION 十分之一
Atenthis one of ten equal parts of something.
1. We received only two tenths of an inch of rain during the entire month of June.
  整个 6 月，我们这里的降水量只有0.2英寸。

noun

adj

coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position
Synonym:10th

I remember the morning of my dad's tenth year anniversary.
我记得我爸爸的十周年纪念上午。
The year 2001 is the first year of the new century and China's National Tenth Five-Year Plan.
2001年是新世纪承前启后的第一年，也是中国十五计划开局之年。
The Society is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year.
这个协会今年将举办成立10周年庆典。
The elevator was out of order and we had to walk up to the tenth floor.
电梯坏了，我们不得不徒步登上第十层楼。
This is my tenth early pregnancy test.
这是我第10次早期受孕测试了。
This is at least the tenth time she has asked that question in as many minutes.
不大一会工夫，她已经问了不下十遍了。
A violent earthquake which destroyed a tenth of Jerusalem and killed seven thousand people.
剧烈的地震毁灭了耶路撒冷的十分之一并杀死了七千人。
And that's the tenth thing?
这就是第十件事吗？
He is the tenth in order.
按顺序他是第十个。
Sales of gold bullion and gold bars account for more than one tenth of gross gold consumption in China.
在中国的黄金消费总量中，金锭和金条的的销售占了十分之一以上。