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单词 twelfth
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twelfth
ordinal number
uk
/twelfθ/us
/twelfθ/
12th written as a word:
第十二（的）
Our nextmeetingis onthetwelfth (ofMay).我们下一次会议是在（五月）十二日。
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twelfth
noun[C]
uk
/twelfθ/us
/twelfθ/
one of twelveequalpartsof something:
十二分之一
Aninchis one twelfth of afoot.一英寸等于十二分之一英尺。
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(Definition oftwelfthfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

twelfth| American Dictionary

twelfth
adjective,adverb,noun[C]
us
/twelfθ/
(apersonor thing) comingimmediatelyafter the eleventh and before allothers:
Shefinishedtwelfth in heragegroup.
[C]We willarriveon the twelfth ofDecember.
A twelfth is one of twelveequalpartsof something.
(Definition oftwelfthfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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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.
FromEuroparl 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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