quartering

1. FRACTION 四分之一
   A quarter is one of four equal parts of something.
   1. A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old...
      1/4的居民年龄在55岁以上。
   2. I've got to go in a quarter of an hour...
      一刻钟以后我就得走了。
   3. Prices have fallen by a quarter since January...
      1月份以来，价格已经下跌了25%。
   4. Cut the peppers into quarters.
      将辣椒切为4瓣。
   5. Quarter is also a predeterminer.
      
   6. The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon.
      最大的小行星是谷神星，体积约为月球的1/4。
   7. Quarter is also an adjective.
      
   8. ...the past quarter century...
      过去的25年
   9. He closed his door and started the quarter-mile walk down the hill.
      他关上门，踏上了1/4英里长的下山路。
2. N-COUNT 季度;季
   A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.
   1. The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.
      该集团表示第三季度的结果将于10月29日公布。
3. N-UNCOUNT 一刻钟；十五分钟
   When you are telling the time, you use quarter to talk about the fifteen minutes before or after an hour. For example, 8.15 is quarter past eight, and 8.45 is quarter to nine. In American English, you can also say that 8.15 is a quarter after eight and 8.45 is a quarter of nine.
   1. It was a quarter to six...
      当时是6点差一刻。
   2. See you about quarter to nine...
      8点45分左右再见。
   3. I got a call at quarter of seven one night...
      一天晚上6点45分时，我接到了一个电话。
   4. Nobody else turned up till a quarter past ten...
      直到10点一刻，其他人才露面。
   5. The time was recorded at a quarter after five.
      时间显示是5点15分。
4. VERB 把…分成四等份
   If you quarter something such as a fruit or a vegetable, you cut it into four roughly equal parts.
   1. Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes.
      把蘑菇切成丁，再把西红柿切成四瓣。
5. VERB 把…降至原先的四分之一;把…减少四分之三
   If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size.
   1. The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.
      我之前建议成人服用的剂量可以降到1/2或者1/4。
6. N-COUNT (美国或加拿大的)25分硬币
   A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents.
   1. I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
      我向付费电话的投币孔里投了一枚25分硬币。
7. N-COUNT (城镇中某一类人群生活或工作的)区，地区
   A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work.
   1. Look for hotels in the French Quarter.
      在法国人居住区寻找旅馆。
8. N-COUNT (做出反应或行动的)某位人士，某个团体
   To refer to a person or group you may not want to name, you can talk about the reactions or actions from a particular quarter .
   1. Help came from an unexpected quarter...
      援助来自于一个意想不到的团体。
   2. There are fears in some quarters that the republic would have little chance of surviving on its own.
      某些人士担心共和国独立支撑下去的希望很渺茫。
9. N-PLURAL (军人、水手、仆人的)住处，宿舍，营房
   The rooms provided for soldiers, sailors, or servants to live in are called their quarters .
   1. Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.
      麦金农走下甲板，来到军官们的住处。
10. VERB 为…提供临时住所
    If people are quartered somewhere, they are provided with accommodation for a short time, usually while they are working away from home.
    1. Our soldiers are quartered in Peredelkino.
       我们的士兵在佩列杰利基诺扎营。
11. PHRASE 近距离地;近在咫尺；接近地
    If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing.
    1. You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters...
       你可以近距离观察飞机的起降。
12. PHRASE 不仁慈；不宽恕
    If you say that someone was given no quarter, you mean that they were not treated kindly by someone who had power or control over them.
    1. This is not war as you learned it. It is brutal work, with no quarter given.
       这并不是你所了解的战争。它残酷无情，对人没有半点怜悯。

1. A grid palce before the lion, quartering him, each quater subdivided into sixteen squares, total of sixty-four squares through which lion parts may be sen.
   狮子面前的栅栏将其四等分，每一个方块又可再分为十六格小方块，透过栅栏可以看到总共六十四块狮子身体。
2. The British army stayed in their houses. ( boarding, quartering)
   英国军队住在他们房子里（食宿，占用空间）；
3. Quartering is the rack taken to the next level and was reserved only for murderers and those who killed or attempted to take the life of a nobleman or royalty.
   四马分尸是拷问台的升级版，只是适用于那些杀死或者蓄谋杀害贵族或者皇室成员的犯人。
4. This lot quality samples were prepared well mixed, and reduced by coning and quartering.
   样品被准备得好混合的这一个运气质量，而且藉由精读而且四等分减少。
5. He swam quartering upstream, but still was swept downward rather faster than he had expected.
   他向上游游去，可是河水老是要把他往下游冲，流速比他想象的要快得多。
6. Effect of integrative epidemic prevention measurements on acute respiratory infection in trainees quartering at a Gobi region
   综合干预对戈壁地区新兵急性呼吸系统感染的预防作用
7. The informations are compressed either by a method called "blocking quartering" or by a two-dimensional Walsh transformation.
   用起名为分块四值化法或用二维沃尔什变换法来压缩数据。
8. The quartering of a few troops in the vicinity did not seem to have disturbed the rustic serenity.
   附近驻扎的一些军队似乎一点也没有破坏农村的宁静。
9. Study in simplified quartering of bovine embryos
   奶牛四分胚分割研究
10. Based on above investigation and combining with appropriated theoretical investigation result and ship handling practice, ship handling measures for various ships in following and quartering seas were proposed.
    根据对这些危险的机理分析，并结合有关的理论研究成果和实际操船实践，提出了各种船舶顺浪和斜顺浪航行的操纵措施。
11. Safe Basin Method of Predicting Survival Probability of Ships in Bow Seas and Quartering Seas
    船舶斜浪航行生存概率预报的安全盆方法
12. My case study shows that it feasible to use the employment relationship pattern of stimulation-contribution quartering to study China's employment relations;
    实证分析结果表明：（1）运用激励&贡献四分法雇佣关系模式在我国雇佣关系研究中具有可行性；
13. Quartering is not the calculation method of line loss or line loss rate, actually, it is a management method of line loss rate and analysis by four statistical methods. Quartering integrated, comprehensive assessment of a production, operation and management of power supply enterprise level.
    四分法并不是线损或者线损率的计算方式，而是按四种统计方法管理线损率并进行分析。四分法可以综合、全面地考核一个供电企业的生产、运营和管理水平。
14. At present, the domestic line losses statistical assessment method is "quartering", referring to the power supply enterprises under the jurisdiction of the grid to take the Comprehensive Loss Reduction Management, partial pressure, partition, sub-line and sub-station area, including the line loss management.
    目前，国内线损统计考核方法主要是四分法，即指对供电企业所管辖电网采取分压、分区、分线和分站的线损管理在内的综合降损管理方式。

noun

1. dividing into four equal parts

2. living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)

3. a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon