英语释义

• pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;

  "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"

• divide into quarters;

  "quarter an apple"

• one of four equal parts;

  "a quarter of a pound"

• 1the rear part of a ship

• one of four periods into which the school year is divided;

  "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"

• a district of a city having some distinguishing character;

  "the Latin Quarter"

• divide by four; divide into quarters

• a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)

• a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar;

  "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"

• 1piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp

• one of four periods of play into which some games are divided;

  "both teams scored in the first quarter"

• a fourth part of a year; three months;

  "unemployment fell during the last quarter"

• provide housing for (military personnel)

• a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)

• one of the four major division of the compass;

  "the wind is coming from that quarter"

• 1an unspecified person;

  "he dropped a word in the right quarter"

• a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour;

  "it's a quarter til 4"

  "a quarter after 4 o'clock"

片语

Second quarter第二季度

from every quarter从四面八方

Quarter Pounder足三两

Victoria QuarterVictoria Quarter in Leeds

Quarter system学季制

Chinese quarter唐人街

Quarter Turn四分之一转；[木] 直角转弯

in every quarter到处

fourth quarter第四季度；第四节

living quarter住舱；生活块；居住区

first quarter第一个季度；上弦月；[天] 上弦

on the quarter在船尾部

a quarter of四分之一的；四分之一

at close quarters接近地

last quarter最后一个季度；下弦月；下弦月至新月间之时间

Third quarter[天] 下弦

one quarter[数] 四分之一

residential quarter居住小区，住宅区

quarter century四分之一世纪

French Quarter法国区（地名）

英汉例句

• this decline was most pronounced in the fourth quarter of 2008.

  这种衰退的趋势在2008年第四季度最为明显。

• others, such as france and germany, said they would do a lot but have spent about a quarter of what they promised.

  其他国家，像法国和德国，说他们会尽力而为，但如今他们只投入了承诺金额的四分之一。

• that is still an awful lot but it represents a fall of a quarter since 1990.

  这一数字依然可怕，但它代表着自1990年以来已经下降了四分之一。

• under this scheme, towards the end of each quarter lehman temporarily swapped some of its assets for cash with another bank or investor, but booked this as if it were a permanent sale of the assets.

  在这一花招下，每到季度末，雷曼就和一家银行或投资者合谋，暂时将它的部分资产替换成现金，但是账上却记录为永久性地出售这部分资产。

• the majority of revenues come from overseas, so this shows they can do well, and if things are slow in the u.s. for the next quarter or two, they are still growing overseas.

  大部分的收入来自海外，因此这表明他们可以做的很好。如果在未来一两个季度美国事情进展缓慢，他们在海外仍是日益增长的。

• 「it's an excellent conversion of a waste material,」 he said, "but i doubt it could ever replace a quarter or half of the diesel supply.

  「这是一种废物转化非常好的形式，」他说，「但能不能代替四分之一或一半的柴油供应，我表示怀疑。」

• tsunami warnings have been sounded in an area affecting about a quarter of the globe.

  海啸警报已经在一个影响了全球大约四分之一的地区响起了。

相似词

lenience仁慈；宽厚

mercy(Mercy)人名；(英)默西，默茜(女名)；(法)梅西

indulgence嗜好；放纵；纵容；沉溺

humanity人类；人道；仁慈；人文学科

grace优雅；恩惠；魅力；慈悲

lenity慈悲；宽大处理；宽大的行为

humaneness深情；慈悲

clemency仁慈；温和；宽厚

pity对……表示怜悯；对……感到同情

compassion同情；怜悯

leniency宽大，仁慈；温和

precinct选区；管理区；管辖区

block块；街区；大厦；障碍物

place放置；任命；寄予

land使…登陆；使…陷于；将…卸下

parts(Parts)人名；(瑞典)帕茨；(爱沙)帕尔茨

province省；领域；职权

terrain[地理] 地形，地势；领域；地带

territory领土，领域；范围；地域；版图

section被切割成片；被分成部分

area（Area）（西）阿雷亚（人名）

zone地带；地区；联防

region地区；范围；部位

district区域；地方；行政区

neighborhood附近；街坊；接近；街区

country祖国的，故乡的；地方的，乡村的；国家的；粗鲁的；乡村音乐的

part断裂；分手

term把…叫做

fourth第四的，第四个的；四分之一的

a一；任一；每一

quarter住宿；驻扎

one一；一个；一岁；一点钟

quarter-hour一刻钟；钟面上标明第一刻钟或第三刻钟的点

abode遵守；停留；忍受（abide的过去分词）

residence住宅，住处；居住

domicile(Domicile)人名；(法)多米西勒

nest筑巢；找鸟巢

dwelling居住（dwell的现在分词）

quarterage按季的支付款项；住宿费用；供给军队的住处

roost（鸟或蝙蝠的）栖息处

habitation居住；住所

home(Home)人名；(德、芬)霍梅；(英、尼)霍姆

lodgment沉淀；贮存

lodging寄宿；寄宿处；出租的房间、住房；倒伏

cantonment宿营地；兵营

housing房屋；住房供给；[机] 外壳；遮盖物；机器等的防护外壳或外罩

casern要塞内的兵营

lodgings住所；出租的房舍

habitat(Habitat)人名；(德)哈比塔特

rooms[建] 房间（room的复数）；空间

quarters把…四等分；供…住宿（quarter的三单形式）

chamber(Chamber)人名；(英)钱伯

place放置；任命；寄予

shelter保护；使掩蔽

address写（收信人）姓名地址；演说；向……说话，致词；冠以（某种称呼）；设法解决；就位击（球）；提出

point指向；弄尖；加标点于

direction方向；指导；趋势；用法说明

situate位于…的

place放置；任命；寄予

station配置；安置；驻扎

locate定位；定居

assign将财产过户（尤指过户给债权人）

accommodate适应；调解

bed床；基础；河底，海底

billet为（部队）安排宿营地（尤指民宅），给……安排临时住处

house(House)人名；(英)豪斯

put固定不动的

up上升；繁荣；（非正式）走运

lodge正式提出；存放；嵌入；租房；（风、雨）使（庄稼）倒伏

board董事会；木板；甲板；膳食

stay逗留；停止；支柱

settle解决；安排；使…定居

camp露营；营地；度假营；拘留营；兵营；阵营；放牧区；年度短期兵役；史前古营垒遗址；造作的举止

dwell居住；存在于；细想某事

take拿，取；采取；接受（礼物等）；买，花费；耗费（时间等）

lodge正式提出；存放；嵌入；租房；（风、雨）使（庄稼）倒伏

root生根，固定；根源在于

make制造；构造；性情

live活的；实况转播的，现场表演的；通电的；仍可爆炸的；燃烧着的；含乳酸菌的；时下重大的；有效的；（机器中轮或轴）转动的；处于比赛状态的；生动的，精力充沛的

down(Down) （美）唐（人名）

up上升；繁荣；（非正式）走运

cut缩减的；割下的；雕过的

carve(Carve)人名；(西、瑞典)卡韦

section被切割成片；被分成部分

split离开；被劈开；断绝关系

corner角落，拐角处；地区，偏僻处；困境，窘境

vicinity邻近，附近；近处

universe宇宙；世界；领域

side(Side)人名；(英)赛德

harbor港，海港；避难所