quarter是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 one of four equal or almost equal parts of something; ¼ -- 四分之一

  • He cut the orange into quarters. 他把橙子切成了4块。

  • Under a quarter of people questioned said that they were happily married. 不到1/4的受访者称他们的婚姻很幸福。

  • My house is situated a mile and three-quarters from here. 我的房子距此1.75英里。

  • I waited a quarter of an hour and then went home. 我等了一刻钟然后就回家了。

  • I was there three-quarters of an hour. 我在那里逗留了3刻钟。

  • an hour and three-quarters 1小时45分钟

  • It was a quarter to six when I left. 我离开时差一刻到六点。

  • I'll meet you at a quarter past five. 我们五点一刻见。

  • There was a fall in unemployment in the second quarter of the year. 今年第二季度的失业率有所下降。

  • I get an electricity bill every quarter. 我每个季度收到一份电费账单。

• 1 in the US and Canada, a coin worth 25 cents -- （美国和加拿大的）25分硬币

• 2 an area of a town where a particular group of people live or work or where a particular activity happens -- （城镇的）区

  • This is the bustling commercial quarter of the city. 这里是该城繁华的商业区。

• 3 one or more people who provide help, information, or a particular reaction to something but who are not usually named -- （提供帮助、信息或作出反应的）个人，群体

  • Help came from an unexpected quarter. 帮忙的是个没想到的人。

  • There is a feeling in certain/some quarters (= some people consider) that a change is needed. 有些人认为需要进行一次变革。

• 4 a room or house that has been provided, especially for servants or soldiers and their families, to live in -- （尤指仆人或部队的）住处；营地

  • The army's married quarters are just outside the town. 已婚军人的营房就在城外不远的地方。

• 5 the fact of being kind towards or forgiving an enemy or opponent -- （对败者的）宽恕，仁慈，（尤指）饶命

  • We can expect no quarter from our enemies. 我们不能指望敌人会放过我们。

  • He gave no quarter to anyone that disappointed him. 他对任何让他失望的人毫不留情。

• 6 to cut something into four parts -- 把…切成四部分

• 7 to send someone, especially soldiers, to live in a place -- 使（尤指部队）驻扎

  • The soldiers were quartered with (= they lived with) local people during the war. 在战争期间，士兵们住在当地村民家里。