新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

quarterIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈkwɔːtə]

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

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ADJ. 形容词

1. 四分之一的
Quarter describes something that is one of four equal parts of something.
双语例句
例：
the past quarter century.
过去的25年。

NOUN. 名词

quarters
1. [C 可数名词] 1/4
A quarter is one of four equal parts of something.
双语例句
例：
A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old.
1/4的居民在55岁以上。
例：
Prices have fallen by a quarter since January.
自1月份以来，物价下降了1/4。
例：
a quarter of an hour.
一刻钟。
例：
a unique 'four-in-one' channel that splits your screen into quarters.
一个将你的屏幕分为四份的独特的“四合一”频道。
2. [C 可数名词] 季度
A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.
双语例句
例：
The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.
该集团说第3季度的结果将于10月29日公布。
例：
PeopleSoft announced yesterday that it had performed better than expected in its current financial quarter.
仁科公司昨日宣布其在本财政季度的表现超过预期。
3. [U 不可数名词] 一刻钟
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.
双语例句
例：
It was quarter to six.
当时是5:45。
4. [C 可数名词] （美国或加拿大）25分的硬币
A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents.
双语例句
例：
I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
我往付费电话的投币口里投了一枚25分的硬币。
5. [C 可数名词] （某一人群生活或工作的）地区
A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work.
双语例句
例：
We wandered through the Chinese quarter.
我们在华人区逛了一圈。

PHRASE. 习语

at close quarters
1. 接近地
If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing.
双语例句
例：
You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters.
你可以近距离地观看飞机起飞或降落。

PREDET. 前置限定词

1. 四分之一
A quarter the size, the weight, etc. of something means that something is only 25 per cent as big, heavy, etc. as something else.
双语例句
例：
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，其体积大约是月球的四分之一。

VERB. 动词

quarters , quartering , quartered
1. [T 及物动词] 把…切成4等份
If you quarter something such as a fruit or a vegetable, you cut it into four roughly equal parts.
双语例句
例：
Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes.
把蘑菇剁碎，把番茄切成四块。
2. [T 及物动词] 把…减至四分之一
If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size.
双语例句
例：
The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.
我建议的成人剂量可以减半或减至四分之一。