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

• Qualified majority ( three fourths, two thirds majority)
  特定的多数（四分之三、三分之二多数）
• Conduct is three& fourths of our life and its largest concern.
  行为占了我们生命的四分之三，是生命最要关注的内容。
• 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。
• What does three twelfths plus three fourths equal?
  十二分之三加上四分之三等于多少？
• Surface irrigation is the oldest type and still accounts for about three fourths of all irrigation.
  地面灌溉是最古老的灌溉方式，现在还有大约四分之三的灌溉土地仍然使用这种灌溉方法。
• 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。
• The area is three fourths desert.
  这个地区四分之三是沙漠。
• Three fourths of the students are League members.
  四分之三的学生是共青团员。
• 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。