考研英语单词(No.1007-1009)-拼读-详解

No.1007
quarter：/ˈkwɔːtər/ n. 四分之一，四等份之一；例如：
The Dadaab complex hosts a quarter of a million people. 
达达阿布难民营收容了 25 万人。
The programme lasted an hour and a quarter.
这个节目历时一小时十五分钟。

quarter -> 15分钟, 一刻钟；例如：
I'll meet you in a quarter of an hour. 
15分钟后见。
She arrived three quarters of an hour (=45 minutes) late. 
她迟到了45分钟。
It took him a quarter of an hour to read the title alone. 
光是读那标题就花了他一刻钟。

quarter -> 三个月时间；季度；季；例如：
We're here today to discuss the upcoming merger, as well as go over last quarter's sales figures. 
我们今天在这里讨论即将到来的合并，以及上一季度的销售数据。
But that wasn't the end of Facebook's troubles this quarter. 
但这并不是Facebook本季度麻烦的结束。
And Apple posted record revenues last quarter. 
而苹果公司上个季度的收入创下了新高。

quarter -> （城镇的）区；例如：
The quarter was not fashionable; it was not even respectable. 
这不是有钱人居住的地区，甚至不是一个体面的地方。
<fashionable 有钱人常光顾的>

quarter -> （美国和加拿大的）25分硬币；例如：
I can give you quarters, if that'll help. 
如果2角5分的硬币管用的话，我可以给你换一些。
We give no quarter to those that are disloyal. 
对不忠诚的人我们一个子也不会给。
This thing ate my quarters, and now it's stuck. 
这东西吃了我的钱，还卡住了。
May I have a quarter for an ice cream, please? 
我可以要两角五分买个冰激淋吗？

quarters [pl.] （士兵、服务人员等的）营房，宿舍，住房；例如：
I need you to deliver this to my personal quarters. 
我要你把这个送到我的住处。

quarter -> v. 把…切成（或分成）四部分；例如：
You're gonna slice off the ends, and then quarter the mushrooms. 
你要切掉两端，然后把蘑菇切成四等分。
Oh, that's really interesting, to quarter it, actually cutting through the core. 
哦，这真的很有趣，将它切成四分之一，实际上切开了核心。

quarter -> 给…提供食宿；使（尤指部队）驻扎；例如：
Napoleon soon realized he could not feed, clothe, and quarter his army in Moscow during the winter. 
拿破仑很快意识到，他无法在冬天向远在莫斯科的军队供应粮草、提供御寒衣物和宿营之地。
Our troops were quartered in Boston until June. 
我们的部队在波士顿一直驻扎到六月份。


No.1008
quarterly：/ˈkwɔ:təli/ adj. & adv.一年四次的；每季度的；按季度地；例如：
quarterly report 季度报告
Quarterly profits were over 9 billion dollars. 
季度利润超过 90 亿美元。
The company filed its quarterly report with the Shanghai Stock Exchange. 
该公司向上海证券交易所提交了季度报告。
The interest is settled on the 20th of the last month in each quarter, It's paid quarterly. 
利息是在每个季度末月的20日计算的，是按季度结算的。

quarterly -> n. 季刊杂志；例如：
The monthly eight-page newspaper began in 2002 as a quarterly. 
这家以月刊形式出版每期8页的报纸始于2002年，最开始是以季刊形式发行。


No.1009
headquarters：/ˈhedˈkwɔ:təz/ (abbr. HQ) n. 总部；总局；司令部；总公司；大本营；例如：
HSBC may delay its decision on whether to move its headquarters from London to Asia until next year. 
汇丰银行可能拖延到明年再决定是否把银行总部从伦敦迁往亚洲。
Fannie Mae, the mortgage finance giant, has put three buildings at its headquarters on the market. 
美国房贷巨头房利美将公司总部的三座大楼拿到市场上出售。
Boeing has announced its decision to move the headquarters of its defense unit to Washington DC. 
波音公司宣布，将负责国防的部门总部迁往首都华盛顿特区。
A House committee has approved the project to build a new 2.1 million-square-foot headquarters for the FBI. 
美国国会众议院一个小组委员会通过了为美国联邦调查局兴建占地210万平方英尺的新总部的建设项目。
It's the headquarters for your company. 
这是你们公司的大本营。