- 这些火车每三分钟发车。
Those trains run every three minutes.
- 这个钟每天慢三分钟。
This clock loses three minutes a day.
- 我的朋友在一年內换了三份工作。他总是三分钟热度。
My friend has had three jobs in a year; he never sticks to anything for long.
- 仅三分之一的成员出席了会议。
Only one third of the members turned up at the meeting.
- 六个成员中有三分之一是女性。
Out of the 6 members, a third are women.
- 那个国家三分之一的人口是文盲。
One third of the population of that country cannot read.
- 你乘公车去的话，可以省掉三分之二的时间。
If you go by bus, you can get there in about one-third of the time.
