- A quota is a specific number of things. If a quota is placed on the total number of apples each visitor can pick at an orchard, it means that once you've picked a certain number of apples, you have to stop.
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- n. 配额；定额；限额
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1. to introduce a strict import quota on grain
严格限制谷物进口量
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2. a quota system for accepting refugees
接收难民的限额制度
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3. 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。
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4. He was 76 votes short of the quota.
他比规定当选票数少了 76 票。
- 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.
quota / ˈkwəʊtə ; NAmE ˈkwoʊtə / noun 1 [countable ] the 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 ◆ a quota system for accepting refugees 接收难民的限额制度 2 [countable ] an amount of sth that sb 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。 3 [singular ] ( politics 政 ) 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。 quota quotas quota / ˈkwəʊtə ; NAmE ˈkwoʊtə /
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