quotas是什么意思？

quotas

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• n. （正式限定的）定量( quota的名词复数 )，定额，指标，摊派；

例句

• Production quotas, budget constraints, etc. might restrict the variation of the variables. 生产定额, 预算约束等等可以限制变量的变化范围.
• Quotas of the means of production are allocated by the higher administrative bodies to the lower ones. 物资指标按隶属关系分配.
• Racial quotas and protectionism are scaring away some foreign investors. 种族配额和保护主义吓跑了一些外国投资者。
• Import quotas are sometimes dressed up as voluntary export restraint agreements between exporting and importing countries. 进口配额有时被装扮成出口国和进口国达成的自愿出口限制协议.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  定量;定额;配额
  A quota is the limited number or quantity of something which is officially allowed.
  例句
  The quota of four tickets per person had been reduced to two. 每人可购买的票的限额已经由四张降至两张。
• N-COUNT
  (给予某团体的)限额，配额
  A quota is a fixed maximum or minimum proportion of people from a particular group who are allowed to do something, such as come and live in a country or work for the government.
  例句
  The bill would force employers to adopt a quota system when recruiting workers. 该法案将迫使雇主在招聘工人时采取限额制度。
• N-COUNT
  配额;份额;指标
  Someone's quota of something is their expected or deserved share of it.
  例句
  They have the usual quota of human weaknesses, no doubt. 毫无疑问，他们身上也有人所共有的弱点。