the smallest number of people who must be at a meeting before it can begin or decisions can be made（会议的）法定人数- If a quorum is not present, the meeting must be adjourned.如果没有法定人数，则会议必须休会。
- I’m afraid we don’t have a quorum.恐怕我们没有法定人数。
- The number of representatives attending was too small to constitute a quorum.出席会议的代表人数太少，无法构成法定人数。
Topics Preferences and decisionsc2, Working lifec2Word Originlate Middle English (referring to justices of the peace): used in commissions for committee members designated by the Latin quorum vos … unum (duos, etc.) esse volumus ‘of whom we wish that you … be one (two, etc.)’.