three-quarters

英 [ˌθriː ˈkwɔːtəz]

美 [ˌθriː ˈkwɔːrtərz]

qua.  四分之三

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柯林斯词典

• QUANT 四分之三
  Three-quartersis an amount that is three out of four equal parts of something.
  1. Three-quarters of the country's workers took part in the strike...
     该国有 3/4 的工人参加了这次罢工。
  2. It took him about three-quarters of an hour.
     那花了他大概 45 分钟。
  3. Three-quartersis also a pronoun.
     
  4. Road deaths have increased by three-quarters...
     交通事故死亡人数增加了 3/4。
  5. I'm 29 and three-quarters.
     我 29 岁零 9 个月。
  6. Three-quartersis also an adverb.
     
  7. We were left with an open bottle of champagne three-quarters full...
     给我们留下一瓶打开的香槟酒，里面的酒还有3/4。
  8. Remove the vegetables from the steamer when they are three-quarters cooked.
     将蔬菜蒸至大半熟后从蒸锅里捞出。

英英释义

noun

• three of four equal parts
  1. three-fourths of a pound
  Synonym:three-fourths

双语例句

• More than three-quarters of Americans live in cities.
  四分之三以上的美国人居住在城市。
• In addition, three-quarters of the 130,000 foreign students in Japan work, many in convenience stores and restaurants.
  此外，在日本留学的13万名外国学生中，有四分之三都打工，其中许多在便利店和餐厅工作。
• Nearly three-quarters of the shares offered will be existing shares held by Alibaba group.
  在香港上市发行的股票中，近四分之三为阿里巴巴集团持有的现有股票。
• About three-quarters of its portfolio is invested in the region, and almost 40 per cent in financial institutions.
  该基金投资组合的约四分之三投资于亚洲地区，近40%投资于金融机构。
• Nearly three-quarters of people questioned in an opinion poll agreed with the government's decision.
  将近3/4的民意调查受访者赞同政府的决定。
• It did not pass unremarked that three-quarters of the petitions were instituted by women.
  3/4的请愿都是由女性发起的，这一点引起了大家的关注。
• Its third European infrastructure fund is three-quarters invested but contains only two investments stakes in Brussels and Copenhagen airports.
  这只欧洲基础设施基金已有四分之三的资金投资到位，但只有两个投资对象：布鲁塞尔机场和哥本哈根机场。
• Three-quarters of the country's workers took part in the strike
  该国有3/4的工人参加了这次罢工。
• He also found that senior managers spent more than three-quarters of their time in oral communication.
  他还发现高级管理者花费四分之三的时间用在与人的口头沟通上。
• Since peaking in October 2007, mainland Chinese shares have lost nearly three-quarters of their value.
  自2007年10月达到最高点以来，中国内地的股票市值已经蒸发了近四分之三。