quarter是什么意思？

quarter

英[ˈkwɔ:tə(r)] 美[ˈkwɔrtə(r)]

• n. 四分之一，一刻钟，地区，（美式足球的）一节；
• vt. 把…四等分，供…住宿，使（士兵）驻扎；

复数：quarters;

第三人称单数：quarters;

过去式：quartered;

过去分词：quartered;

现在分词：quartering;

例句

• 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。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed. 本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。
• 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。
• 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。
• We should quarter a pineapple. 我们应该把这个菠萝分成四等份。
• The city has a busy Chinese quarter. 这个城市有个热闹的华人区。
• 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。
• 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。
• It'll cost you a quarter. 你得花两角五分钱。
• You will have a bad quarter of an hour of it, I assure you. 我敢保证, 你准得受一刻钟的罪。

同义词

• n.
  quarter的同义词之：仁慈,同情
  lenience, compassionateness, mercy, indulgence, humanity, grace, lenity, mercifulness, humaneness, clemency, pity, compassion, foregiveness, leniency,
  quarter的同义词之：区域
  precinct, block, place, land, harrio, parts, province, terrain, territory, section, area, zone, region, district, neighborhood, country,
  quarter的同义词之：四分之一,一季度,一刻钟
  part, term, fourth, a, quarter, one, quarter-hour,
  quarter的同义词之：居所,兵营
  abode, residence, domicile, nest, dwelling, quarterage, roost, habitation, home, lodgment, lodging, cantonment, accommodations, housing, casern, lodgings, habitat, rooms, quarters, chamber, place, shelter, address,
  quarter的同义词之：方位
  point, direction,
• v.
  quarter的同义词之：位于
  situate, place, station, locate, assign,
  quarter的同义词之：供...住宿
  accommodate, bed, billet, house, put, up, lodge, board,
  quarter的同义词之：居住
  stay, settle, camp, dwell, take, lodge, root, make, live, down,
  quarter的同义词之：把...分成
  up, cut, carve, section, split,
• quarter的同义词之：其他释义
  corner, vicinity, universe, side, harbor,

同义词解析

• 以下这些名词均有"地区" 的意思
  district：多指由政府等机构出于行政管理等目的而明确划分的地区。
  region：普通用词，常指地球上、大气中具有自然分界线的区域，特指按照气候、人体或其他特征鲜明、自成一体的地区。
  area：普通用词，指整体中较大的，界线不分明的一部分。
  section：普通用词，指城市、国家或天然界线形成的地区。
  zone：科技用词，指圆形或弧形地带，尤指地图上按温度划分的五个地带。用作一般意义时，也可指具有某种特征的其它地区。
  belt：从本义"带，带状物"引申而指任何广阔的长条地带，也可指种植某种作物的地区。
  quarter：指城市里具有相同性质或独特风味的地区，比section范围小，但划分更精确。
  neighbourhood：指比section的划定更清楚，范围更小。具体指城市中的住宅区，也可指附近一带。

英语四级真题

Marriott had its worst quarter ever, with revenues per room falling by 25%.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
reduced his revenues to a quarter of normal years
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
Mm, I think 16, but 3 quarters of them are women.
出自-2012年12月听力原文

英语六级真题

That same study found that randomly assigned interracial roommates at Ohio State broke up before the end of the quarter about twice as often as same-race roommates.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
We've had more people booking in the first quarter of this year than last," says Hubert Moineau, founder of Tselana Travel, which is planning to introduce a new program of longer adventure trips, including polar expeditions and cruises in the Galápagos.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
The fact that there is an iced coffee on the market with over a quarter of a woman's daily calories allowance is alarming," Dr Rachel Thompson, science programme manager at London-based WCRF, said in a widely-reported statement.
出自-2010年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• FRACTION
  四分之一
  A quarter is one of four equal parts of something.
  例句
  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。
• N-COUNT
  季度;季
  A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes. 把蘑菇切成丁，再把西红柿切成四瓣。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  Look for hotels in the French Quarter. 在法国人居住区寻找旅馆。
• 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 .
  例句
  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。
• 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 .
  例句
  Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters. 麦金农走下甲板，来到军官们的住处。
• 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.
  例句
  Our soldiers are quartered in Peredelkino. 我们的士兵在佩列杰利基诺扎营。
• 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.
  例句
  You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters... 你可以近距离观察飞机的起降。
• 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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  四分之一
  Three quarters of the theatre was full. 剧院的座位坐满了四分之三。
  每小时之前或之后的一刻钟, 第十五分钟
  You will have a bad quarter of an hour of it, I assure you. 我敢保证, 你准得受一刻钟的罪。
  两角五分的硬币; 四分之一元;（美国和加拿大的） 25 分硬币
  It'll cost you a quarter. 你得花两角五分钱。
  三个月, 一个季度
  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。 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。
  方向; 地区; 城镇的一部分
  The city has a busy Chinese quarter. 这个城市有个热闹的华人区。
  (住处; 营房;士兵、服务人员等的）营房，宿舍，住房
  She lives in single quarters now. 现在她住在单人营房。
  人, 团体,（尤指能提供帮助、信息或做出反应的）个人，群体
  This decision is seen in some quarters as a change of policy. 这项决定被一些人看成是政策的改变。
• vt.
  把…四等分, 把…切成（或分成）四部份
  We should quarter a pineapple. 我们应该把这个菠萝分成四等份。
  使(士兵)驻扎, 供…住宿, 给…提供食宿
  The troops were quartered in the city. 军队驻扎在城里。 We are quartered in a beautiful villa. 我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。

英英词典释义

• 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

行业词典

• 体育： 船侧后半部；船的后部；船尾部；
  医学： 蹄边部：马蹄跟与趾间的部分；
  法律： 地区；
  物理学： 波片；quarter-wave plate；
  航海科技： 艉舷；
  金融： 付款季度；按季度付的款项；