| [/ˈkwɔːtə(r); ˋkwɔrtɚ/] n 用法:
1 [C] each of four equal or corresponding parts of sth 四分之一; 四等份:
a quarter of a mile 四分之一英里 *
three and a quarter (ie 3) inches 三又四分之一（3）英寸 *
The programme lasted an hour and a quarter. 节目持续了一小时十五分钟. *
Divide the apples into quarters. 把这些苹果分成四份. *
Three quarters of the theatre was full. 剧院的座位坐满了四分之三. *
(infml) A quarter (ie of a pound) of coffee, please. 请给我四分之一磅的咖啡. =>App 4, 5 见附录4 5. =>Usage at half1 用法见half1. 用法:
2 [C] point of time fifteen minutes before or after every hour 每小时之前或之後的第十五分钟:
It's (a) quarter to (US of) four now I'll meet you at quarter past (US after). 现在是差一刻四点--我四点一刻见你. *
The clock strikes the hours, the half-hours and the quarters. 这个钟在正点、 半点和一刻钟都打点. *
The buses leave twice every hour on the quarter, eg at 10.15 and 10.45. 公共汽车在每小时的第一刻钟和第三刻钟各开出一班车（如10时15分及10时45分）. =>App 4 见附录4. 用法:
3 [C] three months, esp as a period for which rent or other payment is made, or a firm's earnings are calculated 季度, 三个月（尤指作为偿付租金或公司收益结算等的阶段）:
The rent is due at the end of each quarter. 缴纳租金以每季度末为期限. *
Our gas bill for the last quarter was unusually high. 我们上季度的煤气费异常高. *
Sales of the dictionary are twice what they were in the same quarter last year. 这部词典的销售量是去年同季度的两倍. 用法:
4 [C] (a) direction 方向:
The wind blew from all quarters. 风从四面八方吹来. *
Her travels had taken her to every quarter of the globe. 她游遍了世界各地.
(b) district; part of a town 地区; 城镇的一部分:
a residential quarter 住宅区 *
the student quarter of the city, ie the part mainly inhabited by students 城里的学生居住区. 用法:
5 [C] person or group of people, esp as a possible source of help, information, etc 人, 团体（尤指可能提供援助、 消息等的）:
As her mother was now very poor she could expect no help from that quarter. 她母亲已很贫困, 她无法指望得到母亲的帮助. *
The minister's speech is interpreted in some quarters (ie by some people) as an admission that the Government was wrong. 部长的讲话有人认为是承认政府错了. 用法:
6 [C] (US) (coin worth) 25 cents; fourth part of a dollar 两角五分（的硬币）; 四分之一元:
It'llcost you a quarter. 你得花两角五分钱. =>App 4 见附录4.7 [C] one fourth of a lunar month; position of the moon at the end of the first and third of these 太阴月的四分之一; 月球上弦或下弦的位相:
The moon is in its last quarter. 月球现处於下弦. 用法:
8 [C usu sing 通常作单数] rear part of a ship's side 船舷的後部:
on the port/starboard quarter 在左舷[右舷]後部. 用法:
9 [C] fourth part of a hundredweight, ie (in UK) 28 lb or (in US) 25 lb 夸特（四分之一英担, 即英国为28磅, 美国为25磅）. =>App 4, 5 见附录4 5. 用法:
10 quarters [pl] accommodation,esp for soldiers 住处; （尤指）营房:
take up quarters in the nearest village 在最近的村中驻扎 *
married/single quarters, ie place where a soldier with/without a family can lodge 已婚军人[单身军人]营房 *
ordered to return to their quarters 被命令回营房. 用法:
11 [U] (dated or fml旧或文) mercy shown towards an enemy who has surrendered or to an opponent who is one's power （对降敌或对手的）慈悲, 宽恕:
His business rivals knew they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary. 他的业务对手都知道不可指望他这样无情的人会手软. 用法:
12 (idm 习语) at close quarters => close1. quarter 2
v 用法:
1 [Tn] divide (sb/sth) into four parts 将（人[事物]）分成四部分:
quarter an apple 把苹果切成四瓣儿 *
sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered, ie executed by hanging, the body then being opened and cut up 被判处绞刑并剖尸裂肢. 用法:
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (on sb) provide sb with lodgings 供某人住宿:
troops quartered on the local villagers 驻扎在当地村民家中的部队. |