fourths

英 [ˈfɔːθs]

美 [ˈfɔːrθs]

n.  第四，月的第四日; 四分之一
fourth的复数

COCA.28558

柯林斯词典

• ORD 第四
  Thefourthitem in a series is the one that you count as number four.
  1. Last year's winner Greg Lemond of the United States is in fourth place.
     去年的冠军、来自美国的格雷格·莱蒙德现在排名第 4。
• FRACTION 四分之一
  Afourthis one of four equal parts of something.
  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。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用quarter

双语例句

• Now make up nearly three fourths of Hong Kong's economy.
  如今差不多占香港经济构成的四分之三。
• The people of the Third World, which account for three fourths of the world population, do not want war.
  第三世界的人口占世界人口的四分之三，是不希望战争的。
• Adoption shall require three fourths of the votes cast, provided that any amendment to Article 13, and to the present paragraph, shall require four fifths of the votes cast.
  通过需要有所投票数的四分之三票，但第十三条和本款的修正案需要有所投票数的五分之四票。
• I send you today three fourths of the sum, the rest to follow within a month.
  我今天付给你四分之三的钱，其余的将在一个月内付清。
• Qualified majority ( three fourths, two thirds majority)
  特定的多数（四分之三、三分之二多数）
• For obtaining the same mixing effect, the energy consumptions of the shear-plate agitators are only one fourths of the 60? double-tier paddle agitator which is normally used for this flow region.
  达到同样的混合效果，齿盘式搅拌器的耗能仅为通常用于这一流域60°双层斜桨式搅拌器的1/4。
• What does three twelfths plus three fourths equal?
  十二分之三加上四分之三等于多少？
• At present, the exploitation of offshore oil and gas resources is concentrated in the Bohai sea area of China territorial waters. While South China Sea as three fourths of our territorial water, the gas and oil resources development is nearly empty.
  目前，我国的海洋油气资源开采主要集中在渤海海域，而占我国领海面积3/4比例的南海海域，油气资源开发近乎空白。
• Seat depth ( the distance between front and back seat plane) is 410 mm at last, which is equal to three fourths of the total length from buttocks to thigh.
  座椅深度（座面的前后距离）一般相当于臀部至大腿全长的3/4，最后设计为410mm；
• The double bass, usually considered a member of the violin family, is tuned in fourths and has the sloping shoulders and flat back characteristic of the viols.
  低音提琴通常被算作提琴类，定弦为第四级音，颈部倾斜和背平是低音提琴的特点。