three-fourths

英 [ˌθriː ˈfɔːθs]

美 [ˌθriː ˈfɔːrθs]

qua.  四分之三(美国英语)

柯林斯词典

• QUANT 四分之三(美国英语)
  In American English, people sometimes usethree-fourthsto meanthree-quarters.
  1. Three-fourths of the apartments in the ghetto had no heat...
     贫民区有 3/4 的公寓没有暖气。
  2. Government expenditures absorbed nearly three-fourths of the national income.
     政府开支耗费了将近 3/4 的国民收入。
  3. Three-fourthsis also a pronoun.
     
  4. He has just under 1,600 delegates, about three-fourths what he needs to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
     支持他的代表数接近 1,600 人，约占他要赢得民主党总统候选人提名所需票数的 3/4。

英英释义

noun

• three of four equal parts
  1. three-fourths of a pound
  Synonym:three-quarters

双语例句

• Three-fourths of the apartments in the ghetto had no heat
  贫民区有3/4的公寓没有暖气。
• More than three-fourths of the polyphenolic constituents of tea may be extracted after the leaves are fermented.
  发酵以后的茶叶可以萃取出所含的四分之三以上的多酚类物质。
• Experts say Asia has three-fourths of all forced laborers.
  专家声称，四分之三的强迫劳工来自亚洲。
• The ranch castrated three-fourths of its male calves.
  牧场把四分之三的小公牛都阉割了。
• Of course, as it turned out, three-fourths of the people in the group were psychiatrists
  当然，结果是那群人中3/4是精神病学家。
• While metals comprise about three-fourths of the elements that we use, few find service in their pure form.
  金属普遍应用在有四分之三的元素构成的合金中，而很少只包含纯金属元素。
• Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is covered with water.
  的地球表面为水所覆盖。这些水一直处于运动状态之中。
• We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
  我们假造自己的四分之三，以便和别人相似。
• It's been three-fourths of a long, long year.
  三年四年，或许已经比这更久了。
• I saw a small clearing of not more than three-fourths of an acre in the heart of this wilderness right in the mountaintop.
  在山顶的荒野的中央，我发现了一晓小块不足四分之三英亩大小的开阔地。