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

• The European Union is setting strict quotas on agricultural production.
  欧盟对农产品的数量做了严格的限定。
• Usually quotas are compulsory, with specific legal penalties for any trade beyond the quotas.
  配额通常是强制性的，对任何超过限额的交易有具体的法律处罚措施。
• Determining the staff arrangement and quotas and the wage scales;
  决定教职工的编制定额和工资标准；
• 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。
• This article has outlined the steps necessary to implement quotas and the impact on the user community.
  本文概述了实现限额所需的步骤和对用户群的影响。
• 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。
• First, in any economic slump fear can easily give rise to protectionist policies on Tariffs and quotas.
  首先，在任何经济滑坡时期，担忧会轻易造成保护主义关税和配额政策的增多。
• Yet the arguments marshalled in support of the quotas are all too familiar.
  然而，在调动的论据支持的配额，都太熟悉了。
• A nation can restrict trade through import tariffs, quotas and embargoes, and exchange controls.
  一个国家可以通过进口关税、贸易限额、贸易禁运和外汇管制来限制国家贸易。
• 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。