quota /'kwotə/
1. the limited number or amount of people or things that is officially allowed
定額;限額;配額countable
● to introduce a strict import quota on grain 嚴格限制穀物進口量
● a quota system for accepting refugees 接收難民的限額制度
2. an amount of something that somebody expects or needs to have or achieve
定量;定額;指標 countable
● I'm going home now ─ I've done my quota of work for the day.
我現在要回家了 我已完成了今天的工作指標。
● to get your full quota of sleep 享有充足的睡眠
3. a fixed number of votes that a candidate needs in order to be elected
(候選人當選所需的)規定票數,最低票數 singular politics
● He was 76 votes short of the quota.
他比規定當選票數少了 76 票。
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