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

• 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。
• For manufacturers in developing countries, the administrative burdens of trading can pose larger costs than tariffs and quotas.
  对于发展中国家的制造商而言，商业行政管理负担与关税和配额相比可能成本更高。
• 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。
• They resorted to tariffs and import quotas.
  它们诉诸于关税和进口配额。
• Allocate special quotas to certain industrial and geographical sectors, which are in line with China's macro-economic requirements.
  根据中国宏观经济要求对特定的工业和地域性行业进行具体的限额分配。
• Trade restrictions can also take the form of quotas on imports or exports.
  贸易限制还可以对进口或出口采用配额形式。
• 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。
• 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。
• Import quotas are sometimes dressed up as voluntary export restraint agreements between exporting and importing countries.
  进口配额有时被装扮成出口国和进口国达成的自愿出口限制协议。
• First, in any economic slump fear can easily give rise to protectionist policies on Tariffs and quotas.
  首先，在任何经济滑坡时期，担忧会轻易造成保护主义关税和配额政策的增多。