中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒138

　　[誤] The couple divorced because of the third person.

　　[正] The couple divorced because of a third party.

　　注：序數(shù)詞一般常跟定冠詞 the 連用，表示“第幾”;而序數(shù)詞和不定冠詞 a 連用時(shí)表示的則是“另一個(gè)”。如： He won the third prize(他得了個(gè)三等獎(jiǎng))，He won a third prize(他第三次得獎(jiǎng))。