名词形容词
形容词形容词的; 附属的，不独立的; [法]有关程序的
1. 形容词
An adjective is a word such as 'big', 'dead', or 'financial' that describes a person or thing, or gives extra information about them. Adjectives usually come before nouns or after link verbs.
名词货币; 通用，流通，流传，传播; 市价，行情; 流通时间
1. 通货;货币
The money used in a particular country is referred to as its currency .
e.g. Tourism is the country's top earner of foreign currency...
旅游业是该国外汇创收最多的行业。
e.g. More people favour a single European currency than oppose it.
赞成单一欧洲货币的人占多数。
2. 通用;流行;流传
If a custom, idea, or word has currency, it is used and accepted by a lot of people at a particular time.
e.g. His theory of the social contract had wide currency in America...
他的社会契约论在美国广为认可。
e.g. 'Loop' is one of those computer words that has gained currency in society.
有一些计算机术语成了社会上的通用词汇,“循环”就是其中一个。
3. see also: common currency
形容词十进位的，小数的
名词小数
1. 十进位的
A decimal system involves counting in units of ten.
e.g. ...the decimal system of metric weights and measures...
公制度量衡的十进制
e.g. In 1971, the 1p and 2p decimal coins were introduced in Britain.
英国于 1971 年开始使用十进制的 1 便士和 2 便士硬币。
2. 小数
A decimal is a fraction that is written in the form of a dot followed by one or more numbers which represent tenths, hundredths, and so on: for example .5, .51, .517.
e.g. ...simple math concepts, such as decimals and fractions.
简单的数学概念，如小数和分数
形容词复数的
名词复数; 复数形式; 复数词
1. 复数的；复数形式的
The plural form of a word is the form that is used when referring to more than one person or thing.
e.g. 'Data' is the Latin plural form of 'datum'.
data 在拉丁文中是 datum 的复数形式。
e.g. ...his use of the plural pronoun 'we'.
他对复数代词 we 的使用
2. 复数；复数形式
The plural of a noun is the form of it that is used to refer to more than one person or thing.
e.g. What is the plural of 'person'?
person 的复数形式是什么？
e.g. ...irregular plurals.
不规则复数形式
3. 多元的；多种群体的
A plural society or system involves different kinds of people.
e.g. Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates...
英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
e.g. His government has pledged to move the country towards a plural democracy.
他的政府已承诺要推动本国朝着多元民主的方向发展。
名词四分之一; 一刻钟; 地区; （美式足球的）一节
及物动词把…四等分; 供…住宿; 使（士兵）驻扎
1. 四分之一
A quarter is one of four equal parts of something.
e.g. A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old...
1/4的居民年龄在55岁以上。
e.g. I've got to go in a quarter of an hour...
一刻钟以后我就得走了。
2. 季度;季
A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.
e.g. The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.
该集团表示第三季度的结果将于10月29日公布。
3. 一刻钟；十五分钟
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.
e.g. It was a quarter to six...
当时是6点差一刻。
e.g. See you about quarter to nine...
8点45分左右再见。
4. 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.
e.g. Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes.
把蘑菇切成丁，再把西红柿切成四瓣。
5. 把…降至原先的四分之一;把…减少四分之三
If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size.
e.g. The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.
我之前建议成人服用的剂量可以降到1/2或者1/4。
6. (美国或加拿大的)25分硬币
A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents.
e.g. I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
我向付费电话的投币孔里投了一枚25分硬币。
7. (城镇中某一类人群生活或工作的)区，地区
A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work.
e.g. Look for hotels in the French Quarter.
在法国人居住区寻找旅馆。
8. (做出反应或行动的)某位人士，某个团体
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 .
e.g. Help came from an unexpected quarter...
援助来自于一个意想不到的团体。
e.g. There are fears in some quarters that the republic would have little chance of surviving on its own.
某些人士担心共和国独立支撑下去的希望很渺茫。
9. (军人、水手、仆人的)住处，宿舍，营房
The rooms provided for soldiers, sailors, or servants to live in are called their quarters .
e.g. Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.
麦金农走下甲板，来到军官们的住处。
10. 为…提供临时住所
If people are quartered somewhere, they are provided with accommodation for a short time, usually while they are working away from home.
e.g. Our soldiers are quartered in Peredelkino.
我们的士兵在佩列杰利基诺扎营。
11. 近距离地;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.
e.g. You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters...
你可以近距离观察飞机的起降。
12. 不仁慈；不宽恕
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.
e.g. This is not war as you learned it. It is brutal work, with no quarter given.
这并不是你所了解的战争。它残酷无情，对人没有半点怜悯。