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quarter
[英] [ˈkwɔ:tə] [美] [ˈkwɔrtɚ] 生词本

n.

vt.

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1. FRACTION 四分之一 A quarter is one of four equal parts of something. 

  • A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old...

    1/4的居民年龄在55岁以上。

  • I've got to go in a quarter of an hour...

    一刻钟以后我就得走了。

  • Prices have fallen by a quarter since January...

    1月份以来，价格已经下跌了25%。

  • Quarter is also a predeterminer.

    • The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon.

      最大的小行星是谷神星，体积约为月球的1/4。

  • Quarter is also an adjective.

    • ...the past quarter century...

      过去的25年

    • He closed his door and started the quarter-mile walk down the hill.

      他关上门，踏上了1/4英里长的下山路。

2. N-COUNT 季度;季 A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters. 

  • The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.

    该集团表示第三季度的结果将于10月29日公布。

3. N-UNCOUNT 一刻钟；十五分钟 When you are telling the time, you use quarter to talk about the fifteen minutes before or after an hour. For example, 8.15 is quarter past eight, and 8.45 is quarter to nine. In American English, you can also say that 8.15 is a quarter after eight and 8.45 is a quarter of nine. 

  • It was a quarter to six...

    当时是6点差一刻。

  • See you about quarter to nine...

    8点45分左右再见。

  • I got a call at quarter of seven one night...

    一天晚上6点45分时，我接到了一个电话。

4. VERB 把…分成四等份 If you quarter something such as a fruit or a vegetable, you cut it into four roughly equal parts. 

  • Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes.

    把蘑菇切成丁，再把西红柿切成四瓣。

5. VERB 把…降至原先的四分之一;把…减少四分之三 If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size. 

  • The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.

    我之前建议成人服用的剂量可以降到1/2或者1/4。

6. N-COUNT (美国或加拿大的)25分硬币 A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents. 

  • I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.

    我向付费电话的投币孔里投了一枚25分硬币。

7. N-COUNT (城镇中某一类人群生活或工作的)区，地区 A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work. 

  • Look for hotels in the French Quarter.

    在法国人居住区寻找旅馆。

8. N-COUNT (做出反应或行动的)某位人士，某个团体 To refer to a person or group you may not want to name, you can talk about the reactions or actions from a particular quarter . 

  • Help came from an unexpected quarter...

    援助来自于一个意想不到的团体。

  • There are fears in some quarters that the republic would have little chance of surviving on its own.

    某些人士担心共和国独立支撑下去的希望很渺茫。

9. N-PLURAL (军人、水手、仆人的)住处，宿舍，营房 The rooms provided for soldiers, sailors, or servants to live in are called their quarters . 

  • Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.

    麦金农走下甲板，来到军官们的住处。

10. VERB 为…提供临时住所 If people are quartered somewhere, they are provided with accommodation for a short time, usually while they are working away from home. 

  • Our soldiers are quartered in Peredelkino.

    我们的士兵在佩列杰利基诺扎营。

11. PHRASE 近距离地;近在咫尺；接近地 If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing. 

  • You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters...

    你可以近距离观察飞机的起降。

12. PHRASE 不仁慈；不宽恕 If you say that someone was given no quarter, you mean that they were not treated kindly by someone who had power or control over them. 

  • This is not war as you learned it. It is brutal work, with no quarter given.

    这并不是你所了解的战争。它残酷无情，对人没有半点怜悯。

Noun

1. one of four equal parts;

  • "a quarter of a pound"

2. a district of a city having some distinguishing character;

  • "the Latin Quarter"

3. one of four periods of play into which some games are divided;

  • "both teams scored in the first quarter"

4. a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour;

  • "it's a quarter til 4"
  • "a quarter after 4 o'clock"

5. one of four periods into which the school year is divided;

  • "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"

6. a fourth part of a year; three months;

  • "unemployment fell during the last quarter"

7. one of the four major division of the compass;

  • "the wind is coming from that quarter"

8. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)

9. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)

10. a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar;

  • "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"

11. an unspecified person;

  • "he dropped a word in the right quarter"

12. the rear part of a ship

13. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp

Verb

1. provide housing for (military personnel)

2. pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;

  • "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"

3. divide into quarters;

  • "quarter an apple"

4. divide by four; divide into quarters

体育

  • 1.船侧后半部
  • 2.船的后部
  • 3.船尾部

医学

  • 1.蹄边部：马蹄跟与趾间的部分

法律

  • 1.地区

物理学

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  • 1.波片
  • 2.quarter-wave plate

航海科技

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  • 1.艉舷

计算机

  • 1.四位字节；四分之一，四等分

金融

  • 1.付款季度
  • 2.按季度付的款项
1. In the first week the moon is in its first quarter, in the third week it is in its last quarter.
第一个星期月亮处于上弦月的状态，第三个星期月亮处于下弦月的状态。

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2. A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.
本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

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3. After entering the village, our troops had to quarter for them.
进村后，我们的部队不得不到处寻找他们。

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4. China is the world's most populous country with a population of 1.1 billion, which makes up approximately a quarter of the world population.
中国是世界人口最多的国家，有11亿，约占世界总人口的四分之一。

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5. He declined to make projections about the next quarter's earnings.
他拒绝对下一季度的盈利作出预测。

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6. Her arched brows are like a quarter moon and very pretty.
她眉弯如月，非常好看。

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7. I had the news from a good quarter.
我从可靠方面得到这个消息。

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8. I should manage to square accounts with the bank before the end of the quarter.
我应在本季度末前到银行结账。

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9. It'll cost you a quarter.
你得花两角五分钱。

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10. James had been dead a quarter of a century and the doctors had turned their coats several times since.
詹姆士已死了25年，这期间医生们翻来覆去已经改变了好几次看法。

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11. Please subtract a quarter of the money for your own use.
请从你的零用钱中扣除四分之一。

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12. She pays her rent by the quarter.
她按季度付房租。

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13. The English gentlemen always keep themselves away from the rough quarter of the town.
英国的绅士们总是不肯接近这个城市的粗人居住的地区。

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14. The acting skill of the player is not a quarter as good as his professional brothers.
那位演员的演技远远不如他的师兄弟们。

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15. The attackers had far superior forces but they gave no quarter and totally annihilated the defenders.
进攻者具有绝对优势的兵力，但他们却毫不留情，完全消灭了抵抗者。

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16. The city has a busy Chinese quarter.
这个城市有个热闹的华人区。

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17. The output value in the first quarter was 10 percent over the same period of last year.
第一季度产值比去年同期高出百分之十。

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18. The team held its own after the first quarter.
球队在第一局之后保持不败。

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19. They walked a quarter of a mile down the mountainside.
他们沿山坡下行了四分之一英里的路程。

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20. We should quarter a pineapple.
我们应该把这个菠萝分成四等份。

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