The "Rule of the Thirds" is actually nothing else than a simplification of the "Golden Mean".

“三分法则”实际上仅仅是“黄金分割”的简化版，其基本目的就是避免对称式构图，对称式构图通常把被摄物置于画面中央，这往往令人生厌。

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His rule cost the lives of perhaps half a million Iraqis. Two-thirds fell in unnecessary wars; the rest were civilian “enemies”, rounded up and shot, usually by firing squad.

大约有50万的伊拉克人在他的统治下丧生，三分之二的伊拉克人陷入了莫须有的战争之中，其他三分之一的伊拉克人则成了公民的“敌人”，常常都被行刑队围杀。

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It's the rule of Thirds, a simple rule to be followed so that your subject is placed within a certain area of an imaginary grid, which splits your picture in 9 equal areas.

这就是三分法则(井字构图法)，一条简单的法则，将你的图片划分成9个相等大小的区域，把你的摄影主体放在虚构的格子线的某一交叉点。

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Until then, you'll just have to put your trust in strangers and hope they have at least a basic understanding of the rule of thirds.

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For 200 years, the chamber has operated on the understanding that any rule-change requires the vote of two-thirds of its members.

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At the height of its mainframe dominance in the 1980s, the rule of thumb was that IBM accounted for half of industry revenues, two-thirds of the profits and three-quarters of the market cap.

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