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noun
一. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
e.g. he surrendered but asked for quarter
二. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
三. the rear part of a ship
Synonym: sternafter partpooptail
四. a district of a city having some distinguishing character
e.g. the Latin Quarter
五. an unspecified person
e.g. he dropped a word in the right quarter
六. a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
e.g. he fed four quarters into the slot machine
七. a quarter of a hundredweight (二八 pounds)
八. a quarter of a hundredweight (二五 pounds)
九. one of four equal parts
e.g. a quarter of a pound
Synonym: one-fourthfourthone-quarterfourth parttwenty-five percentquartern
一零. one of the four major division of the compass
e.g. the wind is coming from that quarter
一一. a fourth part of a year
three months
e.g. unemployment fell during the last quarter
一二. one of four periods into which the school year is divided
e.g. the fall quarter ends at Christmas
一三. a unit of time equal to 一五 minutes or a quarter of an hour
e.g. it's a quarter til 四
a quarter after 四 o'clock
一四. (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
e.g. both teams scored in the first quarter
quarter是什么意思
verb
一. divide by four
divide into quarters
二. divide into quarters
e.g. quarter an apple
三. pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
e.g. in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
Synonym: drawdraw and quarter
四. provide housing for (military personnel)
Synonym: billetcanton
一. 四分之一
A quarter is one of four equal parts of something.
e.g. A quarter of the residents are over 五五 years old...
一/四的居民年龄在五五岁以上。
e.g. I've got to go in a quarter of an hour...
一刻钟以后我就得走了。
二. 季度;季
A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.
quarter的解释
e.g. The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 二九.
该集团表示第三季度的结果将于一零月二九日公布。
三. 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, 八.一五 is quarter past eight, and 八.四五 is quarter to nine. In American English, you can also say that 八.一五 is a quarter after eight and 八.四五 is a quarter of nine.
e.g. It was a quarter to six...
当时是六点差一刻。
e.g. See you about quarter to nine...
八点四五分左右再见。
四. 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.
quarter的意思
e.g. Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes.
把蘑菇切成丁，再把西红柿切成四瓣。
五. 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.
quarter什么意思
e.g. 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一/二或者一/四。
六. (美国或加拿大的)二五分硬币
A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 二五 cents.
e.g. 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二五分硬币。
七. (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.
e.g. Look for hotels in the French Quarter.
在法国人居住区寻找旅馆。
八. (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 .
e.g. Help came from an unexpected quarter...
援助来自于一个意想不到的团体。
e.g. 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。
九. (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 .
e.g. Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.
麦金农走下甲板，来到军官们的住处。
一零. 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.
e.g. Our soldiers are quartered in Peredelkino.
我们的士兵在佩列杰利基诺扎营。
一一. 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.
e.g. You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters...
你可以近距离观察飞机的起降。
一二. 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.
e.g. 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。
一. quarter的翻译
一. 夸脱：三骨是港澳地区对英制三夸脱(Quarter)的谐音. 三夸脱即四分之三寸的意思. 对裤长在四分之三部位的中裤称为三骨裤. 其长度约在穿着者膝盖下一零厘米~二零厘米之间. 这种裤子在港澳地区穿着者较多,八十年代也曾在我国流行.
二. 学季：她学习优异,年纪轻轻就获得麻省理科大学(MIT)电子工程硕士学位,一年多前再转至史丹福大学继续攻读博士课程. 周梦瑶曾表示,学季(quarter)制的史丹福大学较学期(semester)制的麻省理工课业轻鬆得多,并已於去年顺利通过博士资格考试.
三. quarter的翻译
三. 节：比赛分为四节 (Quarter) 进行,职业美足及大学美足每一节是一五分钟,高中美足则为一二分钟. 中场的休息时间通常是一五分钟,职业美足目前缩短为一二分钟. 每一队上半场及下半场各有三次叫停的机会.
情景对话
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常用例句
词汇搭配
经典引文
夜生活
A：Smith Steakhouse. Can I help you?
史密斯牛排店。能为您效劳吗？
B：Yes, I’d like to make a reservation for (two at eight o’clock/ six at seven thirty/ three at a quarter to nine).
好的。我想预订一张（八点钟的两人台/ 七点三零的六人台/ 八点四五的三人台）。
一. at close quarters : 接近地；
二. ask for quarter : 请求饶命；
Garnish with a Seville orange cut in quarters.
出自：H. GlasseHe has a good quarter of it drunk..by this stage.
出自：M. BinchyI think there's enough..If we just quarter the tomatoes.
出自：K. O词语用法
词义讲解
常见错误
词源解说
误 We must find a quarter before nightfall.
正 We must find quarters before nightfall.
析 quarter作“住处”“宿舍”解时要用复数形式。
他们等了一刻钟,但是没看见一辆公共汽车。误 They waited for a quarter, but no bus came in sight.
正 They waited for a quarter of an hour, but no bus came in sight.
析 当quarter表示时间“一刻”,不能只说a quarter,须接介词of,应该说a quarter of an hour。
这个方案遭到了各方面的批评。误 The scheme met with criticisms from all quarter.
正 The scheme met with criticisms from all quarters.
析 quarter作“方面”解时是可数名词,表示“各方面”应说all quarters。
他不愿饶恕他的敌人。误 He refused to give quarters to his foe.
正 He refused to give quarter to his foe.
析 quarter作“宽恕、饶恕”解是不可数名词,没有复数形式。
中考真题例句
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That’s about one-quarter of the size of the entire Amazon rainforest.
这大约是整个亚马逊雨林面积的四分之一。
二零一九成都市B卷
Three-quarters of Britain is covered with fields, towns or cities.
英国有四分之三的地区被田野、城镇或城市所覆盖。
二零一九河南省卷
About three quarters of our classmates wear glasses.
我们班大约四分之三的同学戴眼镜。
二零一八黄冈市卷
How much change do I have from a quarter?
从这二五分里我还有多少零钱？
二零一八连云港市卷
I found Grandma’s wallet and put the quarter in my pocket.
我找到奶奶的钱包，把二五美分的硬币放在我的口袋里。
二零一八连云港市卷
Take a quarter from my little change wallet.
从我的零钱包里拿出一枚二五分硬币。
二零一八连云港市卷
It's a quarter to two.
现在是差一刻两点。
二零一六全国卷三
The country produces only about 六零 per cent of the food it eats, down from almost three-quarters in the late 一九八零s.
该国的粮食产量只占其消费量的六零%，几乎比二零世纪八零年代末四分之三的产量更低。
二零二一英语二
About a quarter of all Italian immigrants, for example, eventually returned to Italy for good.
例如，大约四分之一的意大利移民最终永远回到了意大利。
二零一三英语二
A quarter of America's public-sector workers have a university degree.
四分之一的美国公共部门员工拥有大学学位。
二零一二英语一
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