My mother bought three plates yesterday.

我母亲昨天买了三个盘子。

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Wow, I just consumed three plates of food. Maybe we should wait a while before hitting up the dessert table.

哇！我刚吃完了三盘子，我们过一会儿再吃甜点吧。

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Using nonlinear finite element method, the large deformation responses were computed for three plates supported on four edges in different ways.

本文用非线性有限元法计算了三种不同的四边支承板的大变形响应。

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In Zambia, say, a poor person is defined as someone who cannot afford to buy at least two to three plates of nshima (a kind of porridge), a sweet potato, a few spoonfuls of oil, a handful of groundnuts and a couple of teaspoons of sugar each day, plus a banana and a chicken twice a week.

ECONOMIST: Has ��a dollar a day�� had its day?

Twenty percent of the world's earthquakes take place in Japan, which sits on the boundaries of at least three tectonic plates.

BBC: Japan profile

Just because you have only six plates and three glasses is no reason why you can't invite 12 people to dinner.

NPR: Making It Up as I Go Along