中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒138
由于第三者插足，這對夫妻離婚了。
[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 連用時表示的則是“另一個”。如： He won the third prize(他得了個三等獎)，He won a third prize(他第三次得獎)。
