- [countable] quota (on something)
a limited number or amount of people or things that is officially allowed 定额；限额；配额 to introduce a strict import quota on grain 严格限制谷物进口量
Extra ExamplesMany countries are still exceeding their quotas. 许多国家仍在超限。 national quotas on imports of cars 国家对进口汽车的配额 quotas for oil production 石油生产限额 the introduction of EU milk quotas 欧盟对牛奶配额制度的采用
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
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an amount of something that somebody expects or needs to have or achieve 定量；定额；指标 I'm going home now—I've done my quota of work for the day. 我现在要回家了。我已完成了今天的工作量。 to get your full quota of sleep 为了获得充足的睡眠
Extra ExamplesMembers of the military forces must fulfil a daily quota of work in the fields. 军队成员必须完成每天的田间劳动定额。 The show is good fun and yields its full quota of laughs. 表演很有趣，博得预期中的阵阵笑声。 He never takes his full quota of holidays. 他从来没有休足假期。 We had to increase our output to fill the quota by the end of the year. 我们必须增加产量，才能在年底完成定额。
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politics 政治 a fixed number of votes that a candidate needs in order to be elected （候选人当选所需的）规定票数，最低票数
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin quota (pars) ‘how great (a part)’, feminine of quotus, from quot ‘how many’.