quota

US [ˈkwoʊtə]
UK [ˈkwəʊtə]
  • n.配额;定额;指标;限额
  • Web磁盘配额;名额;配额制度
Plural Form:quotas  
quota
n.
1.
[c]
定额;限额;配额the limited number or amount of people or things that is officially allowed
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.
[c]
定量;定额;指标an amount of sth that sb expects or needs to have or achieve
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.
[sing]
(候选人当选所需的)规定票数,最低票数a fixed number of votes that a candidate needs in order to be elected
He was 76 votes short of the quota.
他比规定当选票数少了 76 票。

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