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| /ˈkwəʊtə/ |
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| 1 | an amount of something that someone is officially allowed to have or do 限额；配额 |
| The government is planning to introduce quotas on sugar production. 政府正计划对糖的生产设定限额。 |
| The UK fishing fleet is likely to reach its annual quota after only six months. 英国的捕鱼队仅6个月就可能达到其每年的限额。 |
| +of By ten o’ clock she had already had her daily quota of calories. 10点时她已经摄入了每天卡路里的规定量。 |
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| 2 | an amount of something that someone has to do 定量；定额 |
| He was worried he might not meet his monthly sales quota. 他担心可能完不成每月的销售定额。 |
| +of I’ ve done my quota of the work. 我已经完成了我的工作量。 |
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| 3 | a number of votes that someone needs to get in order to be elected （选举投票中的）额定票数 |
| He was just 15 votes short of the quota. 他只比额定票数少15票。 |
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| 4 | informal an amount of something that you expect 预计量 |
| We’ ve had our usual quota of wet days this summer. 我们今年夏天下雨的天数已经跟通常预计的一样多了。 |
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