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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1085 COCA: 1401
quarter
kwɔːʳtəʳ ˈkwɔrtər
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense quarters, present participle quartering, past tense , past participle quartered
1 FRACTION

四分之一 A quarter is one of four equal parts of something. 四分之一

  • A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old. [+ of]

    1/4的居民年齡在55歲以上。

  • I've got to go in a quarter of an hour. [+ of]

    一刻鐘以後我就得走了。

  • Prices have fallen by a quarter since January.

    1月份以來，價格已經下跌了25%。

  • Cut the peppers into quarters.

    將辣椒切爲4瓣。

Quarter is also a predeterminer.

  • 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，體積約爲月球的1/4。

Quarter is also an adjective.

  • ...the past quarter century.

    過去的25年

  • He closed his door and started the quarter-mile walk down the hill.

    他關上門，踏上了1/4英裏長的下山路。

2 N-COUNT [usually singular]

季度;季 A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters. 季度;季

  • The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.

    該集團表示第三季度的結果將於10月29日公布。

3 N-UNCOUNT [oft a NOUN]

一刻鐘；十五分鐘 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. 一刻鐘；十五分鐘

  • It was a quarter to six. [+ to]

    當時是6點差一刻。

  • See you about quarter to nine.

    8點45分左右再見。

  • I got a call at quarter of seven one night. [+ of]

    一天晚上6點45分時，我接到了一個電話。

  • Nobody else turned up till a quarter past ten.

    直到10點一刻，其他人才露面。

  • The time was recorded at a quarter after five.

    時間顯示是5點15分。

4 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. 把…分成四等份

  • Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes. [VERB noun]

    把蘑菇切成丁，再把西紅柿切成四瓣。

5 VERB [usually passive]

把…降至原先的四分之一;把…減少四分之三 If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size. 把…降至原先的四分之一;把…減少四分之三

  • The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered. [be VERB-ed]

    我之前建議成人服用的劑量可以降到1/2或者1/4。

6 N-COUNT

(美國或加拿大的)25分硬幣 A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents. (美國或加拿大的)25分硬幣

  • I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.

    我向付費電話的投幣孔裏投了一枚25分硬幣。

7 N-COUNT

(城鎮中某一類人群生活或工作的)區，地區 A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work. (城鎮中某一類人群生活或工作的)區，地區

  • Look for hotels in the French Quarter.

    在法國人居住區尋找旅館。

8 N-COUNT

(做出反應或行動的)某位人士，某個團體 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 . (做出反應或行動的)某位人士，某個團體

  • Help came from an unexpected quarter.

    援助來自於一個意想不到的團體。

  • There are fears in some quarters that the republic would have little chance of surviving on its own.

    某些人士擔心共和國獨立支撐下去的希望很渺茫。

SYN source, place, point, person
9 N-PLURAL

(軍人、水手、仆人的)住處，宿舍，營房 The rooms provided for soldiers, sailors, or servants to live in are called their quarters . (軍人、水手、仆人的)住處，宿舍，營房

  • Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.

    麥金農走下甲板，來到軍官們的住處。

10 VERB [usually passive]

爲…提供臨時住所 If people are quartered somewhere, they are provided with accommodation for a short time, usually while they are working away from home. 爲…提供臨時住所

  • Our soldiers are quartered in Peredelkino. [be VERB-ed prep./adv.]

    我們的士兵在佩列傑利基諾紮營。

SYN accommodate, house, lodge, place
11 PHRASE

近距離地;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. 近距離地;近在咫尺；接近地

  • You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters.

    你可以近距離觀察飛機的起降。

12 PHRASE [PHRASE with verb]

不仁慈；不寬恕 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. 不仁慈；不寬恕

  • This is not war as you learned it. It is brutal work, with no quarter given.

    這並不是你所了解的戰爭。它殘酷無情，對人沒有半點憐憫。

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Word PartnershipUse quarter with:
N.

quarter (of a) century, quarter (of a) pound 1

ADJ.

first/fourth/second/third quarter 2

PREP.

for the quarter, in the quarter 2

quarter after, quarter of, quarter past, quarter to 3

Word Linkquart ≈ four : quart, quarter, quarterback
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