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

• 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。
• 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。
• Disk quotas might be set for individual users or groups on a per file system basis.
  可以基于每个文件系统为单独的用户和组设置磁盘配额。
• Ukraine has introduced licences and quotas on its wheat exports, effectively bringing shipments to a standstill.
  乌克兰对小麦出口实行了许可证和配额制度，使小麦出口实际上陷于停滞。
• They are trying to reach a freetrade agreement that will abolish tariffs and quotas on imports and government subsidies on exports.
  他们正在努力达成自由贸易的协定，那将取消进口关税和配额，以及政府对出口的补助。
• Several countries across the EU, including Italy, France and the Netherlands, have already adopted national quotas.
  包括意大利、法国和荷兰在内的数个欧盟国家，已通过了本国的女性董事配额制度。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They resorted to tariffs and import quotas.
  它们诉诸于关税和进口配额。