quotas

英 [ˈkwəʊtəz]

美 [ˈkwoʊtəz]

n.  定额; 限额; 配额; 定量; 指标; (候选人当选所需的)规定票数，最低票数
quota的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 定量;定额;配额
  Aquotais the limited number or quantity of something which is officially allowed.
  1. The quota of four tickets per person had been reduced to two.
     每人可购买的票的限额已经由四张降至两张。
• N-COUNT (给予某团体的)限额，配额
  Aquotais a fixed maximum or minimum proportion of people from a particular group who are allowed to do something, such as come and live in a country or work for the government.
  1. The bill would force employers to adopt a quota system when recruiting workers.
     该法案将迫使雇主在招聘工人时采取限额制度。
• N-COUNT 配额;份额;指标
  Someone'squota ofsomething is their expected or deserved share of it.
  1. They have the usual quota of human weaknesses, no doubt.
     毫无疑问，他们身上也有人所共有的弱点。

双语例句

• In fulfilling the production quotas, John made rings round all his fellow workers.
  约翰完成生产定额大大超过他的同事们。
• For manufacturers in developing countries, the administrative burdens of trading can pose larger costs than tariffs and quotas.
  对于发展中国家的制造商而言，商业行政管理负担与关税和配额相比可能成本更高。
• Tension between business and government over skilled immigrant quotas is nothing new.
  企业和政府间在技术移民配额方面的紧张关系并不新鲜。
• Quotas of the means of production are allocated by the higher administrative bodies to the lower ones.
  物资指标按隶属关系分配。
• And any discriminatory quantitative restrictions or tariff quotas.
  以及任何歧视性数量限制或关税配额等。
• As a business person, I was hoping to make my sales quotas.
  作为一个企业的人，我希望把我的销售配额。
• Racial quotas and protectionism are scaring away some foreign investors.
  种族配额和保护主义吓跑了一些外国投资者。
• Trade restrictions can also take the form of quotas on imports or exports.
  贸易限制还可以对进口或出口采用配额形式。
• They resorted to tariffs and import quotas.
  它们诉诸于关税和进口配额。
• They sometimes lobby to increase tariffs and to set quotas on imports of foreign-made substitutes.
  它们有时游说国会提高关税和对外国制造的同种产品设置进口限额。