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FRACTION
四分之一
A quarter is one of four equal parts of something.
例句
A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old...
1/4的居民年齡在55歲以上。
I've got to go in a quarter of an hour...
一刻鐘以后我就得走了。
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N-COUNT
季度;季
A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.
例句
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于10月29日公布。
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N-UNCOUNT
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.
例句
It was a quarter to six...
當時是6點差一刻。
See you about quarter to nine...
8點45分左右再見。
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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.
例句
Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes.
把蘑菇切成丁，再把西紅柿切成四瓣。
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VERB
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.
例句
The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.
我之前建議成人服用的劑量可以降到1/2或者1/4。
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(美國或加拿大的)25分硬幣
A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents.
例句
I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
我向付費電話的投幣孔里投了一枚25分硬幣。
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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.
例句
Look for hotels in the French Quarter.
在法國人居住區尋找旅館。
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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 .
例句
Help came from an unexpected quarter...
援助來自于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。
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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 .
例句
Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.
麥金農走下甲板，來到軍官們的住處。
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VERB
為…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.
例句
Our soldiers are quartered in Peredelkino.
我們的士兵在佩列杰利基諾扎營。
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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.
例句
You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters...
你可以近距離觀察飛機的起降。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
This is not war as you learned it. It is brutal work, with no quarter given.
這并不是你所了解的戰爭。它殘酷無情，對人沒有半點憐憫。