three-fourths

1. QUANT 四分之三(美国英语)
   In American English, people sometimes use three-fourths to mean three-quarters .
   1. Three-fourths of the apartments in the ghetto had no heat...
      贫民区有 3/4 的公寓没有暖气。
   2. Government expenditures absorbed nearly three-fourths of the national income.
      政府开支耗费了将近 3/4 的国民收入。
   3. Three-fourths is also a pronoun.
      
   4. He has just under 1,600 delegates, about three-fourths what he needs to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
      支持他的代表数接近 1,600 人，约占他要赢得民主党总统候选人提名所需票数的 3/4。

1. Three-fourths of the public say they favor a national referendum on the issue.
   四分之三的公众表示希望就这个问题进行全民公决。
2. Of course, as it turned out, three-fourths of the people in the group were psychiatrists
   当然，结果是那群人中3/4是精神病学家。
3. Three-fourths of the apartments in the ghetto had no heat
   贫民区有3/4的公寓没有暖气。
4. Government expenditures absorbed nearly three-fourths of the national income.
   政府开支耗费了将近3/4的国民收入。
5. The sea covers nearly three-fourths of the earth's surface.
   海洋几乎占地球表面的四分之三。
6. I saw a small clearing of not more than three-fourths of an acre in the heart of this wilderness right in the mountaintop.
   在山顶的荒野的中央，我发现了一晓小块不足四分之三英亩大小的开阔地。
7. Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
   成功的教学是四分之一的准备加上四分之三的表演。
8. Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is covered with water.
   的地球表面为水所覆盖。这些水一直处于运动状态之中。
9. More than three-fourths of the polyphenolic constituents of tea may be extracted after the leaves are fermented.
   发酵以后的茶叶可以萃取出所含的四分之三以上的多酚类物质。
10. The young as-yet unnamed wholphin is one-fourth false killer whale and three-fourths Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.
    因此，这只目前还没有名字的小鲸豚拥有四分之一的伪虎鲸血统和四分之三的大西洋宽吻海豚血统。
11. We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
    我们假造自己的四分之三，以便和别人相似。
12. Consisting of two or a multiple of two beats to the measure. Three-fourths meter is waltz time.
    双拍子的每小节含有两拍或偶数拍的三/四拍是华尔兹曲的节拍。
13. Three-fourths of the workers in the factory are women.
    这个工厂四分之三的工人是女工。
14. Last year, the five largest received more than three-fourths of their money from federal student aid.
    去年，五个最大的学校超过四分之三的资金来自联邦学生救助金。
15. Experts say Asia has three-fourths of all forced laborers.
    专家声称，四分之三的强迫劳工来自亚洲。
16. Three-fourths meter is waltz time.
    三/四拍是华尔兹曲的节拍。
17. It's been three-fourths of a long, long year.
    三年四年，或许已经比这更久了。
18. About three-fourths of all the fresh water in the world is stored as glacier ice.
    世界上大约全部淡水的四分之三储存于冰川之中。
19. They used to lose three-fourths of their newborn calves each year.
    过去，每年有四分之三的新出生的牛犊会失去生命。
20. In fact, in the United States, about three-fourths of all payments are made by check.
    实际上美国有四分之三的付款是用支票进行的。
21. Division into measures or bars. Three-fourths meter is waltz time.
    节拍将音乐分成拍子和小节的分切三/四拍是华尔兹曲的节拍。
22. Three-fourths of the crop was ruined.
    四分之三的收成都毁了。
23. In the USA, even three-fourths of adults "break the bathroom scales", according to the latest reports.
    在美国，据最新报道，四分之三的成年人已经“打破浴室的规格了”。
24. In our school about three-fourths of the students are from the north.
    我们学校四分之三的学生来自北方。
25. More than three-fourths had to pay finance charges last year because they carried a balance.
    去年因为超支，超过四分之三的学生不得不支付信贷费用。
26. While metals comprise about three-fourths of the elements that we use, few find service in their pure form.
    金属普遍应用在有四分之三的元素构成的合金中，而很少只包含纯金属元素。
27. The ranch castrated three-fourths of its male calves.
    牧场把四分之三的小公牛都阉割了。

noun

1. three of four equal parts
   1. three-fourths of a pound

   Synonym:    three-quarters