quota

• n. 配額；定額；限額

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)quot,多少，來(lái)自PIE*kwo,疑問(wèn)代詞詞干，詞源同quality,quantity.用于指戰(zhàn)士或士兵的供給定額或配額，后詞義通用化。

quota (n.)

1660s, from Medieval Latin quota, from Latin quota pars "how large a part," from quota, fem. singular of quotus "which, what number (in sequence);" see quote (v.). Earliest reference is to contributions of soldiers or supplies levied from a town or district; immigration sense is from 1921.

1. Be sure you get your daily quota of calcium.

要確保每天的鈣攝入量。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. They have the usual quota of human weaknesses, no doubt.

毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，他們身上也有人所共有的弱點(diǎn)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The quota of four tickets per person had been reduced to two.

每人可購(gòu)買的票的限額已經(jīng)由四張降至兩張。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. to introduce a strict import quota on grain

嚴(yán)格限制谷物進(jìn)口量

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. A restricted import quota was set for meat products.

肉類產(chǎn)品設(shè)定了進(jìn)口配額.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》