第だい三さん極きょく

noun

third force; third pole

Used in politics and international relations for a third major power or bloc that can counterbalance two dominant ones. Often refers to a non-aligned or alternative grouping.

• 冷れい戦せん時じ代だい、第だい三さん極きょくとして非ひ同どう盟めい運うん動どうが注ちゅう目もくされた。

  During the Cold War, the Non-Aligned Movement attracted attention as a third force.

• この新しん党とうは二に大だい政せい党とうに対たい抗こうする第だい三さん極きょくを目め指ざしている。

  This new party aims to become a third pole opposing the two major parties.

noun

Third Pole

Specifically refers to the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, which contains the largest ice mass outside the Arctic and Antarctic. Used in environmental and geographical contexts.

• 第だい三さん極きょくの氷ひょう河がは地ち球きゅう温おん暖だん化かの影えい響きょうで急きゅう速そくに縮しゅく小しょうしている。

  Glaciers in the Third Pole are shrinking rapidly due to global warming.