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quota

noun
 
🔊/ˈkwəʊtə/
🔊/ˈkwəʊtə/
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  1.  
    [countable] quota (on something) a limited number or amount of people or things that is officially allowed定额；限额；配额
    • to introduce a strict import quota on grain严格限制谷物进口量
    Extra Examples
    • Many countries are still exceeding their quotas.许多国家仍在超限。
    • national quotas on imports of cars国家对进口汽车的配额
    • quotas for oil production石油生产限额
    • the introduction of EU milk quotas欧盟对牛奶配额制度的采用
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • full
    • strict
    • annual
    • …
    verb + quota
    • allocate
    • establish
    • impose
    • …
    quota + noun
    • system
    preposition
    • quota for
    • quota on
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  2. [countable] an amount of something that somebody expects or needs to have or achieve定量；定额；指标
    • I'm going home now—I've done my quota of work for the day.我现在要回家了。我已完成了今天的工作量。🔊🔊
    • to get your full quota of sleep充分利用睡眠
    Extra Examples
    • Members of the military forces must fulfil a daily quota of work in the fields.军事人员必须在野外完成日常工作。
    • The show is good fun and yields its full quota of laughs.表演很有趣，博得预期中的阵阵笑声。
    • He never takes his full quota of holidays.他从来没有休足假期。
    • We had to increase our output to fill the quota by the end of the year.我们必须增加产量，才能在年底完成定额。
  3. [singular] (politics政治) (in a system of proportional representation) a fixed number of votes that a candidate needs in order to be elected（候选人当选所需的）规定票数，最低票数
    • He was 76 votes short of the quota.他比规定当选票数少了 76 票。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin quota (pars) ‘how great (a part)’, feminine of quotus, from quot ‘how many’.