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

• 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。
• 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。
• What does three twelfths plus three fourths equal?
  十二分之三加上四分之三等于多少？
• When carbon number of alkyl chain of EVA, which takes part in crystallizing, is about equal to three fourths of average carbon number of wax, the effect of EVA pour point depressants is best.
  当参与结晶的碳原子数约等于原油中蜡的平均碳原子数的3／4时，EVA降凝剂的降凝效果最好。
• Three fourths of the students are League members.
  四分之三的学生是共青团员。
• Qualified majority ( three fourths, two thirds majority)
  特定的多数（四分之三、三分之二多数）
• However, in fandangos and fandango-derived styles, fourths and sixths can often be found, especially at the beginning of each line of verse.
  不过，在芳丹果曲式及其衍生出来的曲式中，可以经常发现四度和六度音调存在，尤其是在每句诗歌开始处。
• 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。
• The professor scared the bejesus out of me when he said today that three fourths of the class failed.
  教授今天说全班四分之三的人不及格，吓死我了。
• 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。