the smallest number of people who must be at a meeting before it can begin or decisions can be made (会议的)法定人数 If a quorum is not present, the meeting must be adjourned. 如果没有达到法定人数,会议必须休会。 I’m afraid we don’t have a quorum. 恐怕我们没有法定人数。 The number of representatives attending was too small to constitute a quorum. 出席的代表人数太少,不足以构成法定人数。
Word Originlate Middle English (referring to justices of the peace): used in commissions for committee members designated by the Latin quorum vos … unum (duos, etc.) esse volumus ‘of whom we wish that you … be one (two, etc.)’.