| 单词 | first quarter |
| 释义 | first quarter noun[C] uk/ˌfɜːst ˈkwɔː.tər/us/ˌfɝːst ˈkwɔːr.t̬ɚ/ahalfmoon 上弦月Astronomy
first quarter| American Dictionaryfirst quarter noun[C] us/ˈfɜrst ˈkwɔr·tər/ahalfmoon first quarter| Business Englishfirst quarter noun[C,usually singular] ukusACCOUNTING,FINANCE(abbreviationQ1);(USalsofiscal first quarter) the first threemonthsin a company'sfinancialyear: Thecompanyreportedanexcellentfirstquarter2011. Directors arescheduledtomeetbrokerstoday todiscussthe firm'sfirst-quarterperformance. the threemonthsfromJanuary1 toMarch31: Thenumberofcarsregisteredroseby 15% in the firstquarterof thisyear. Examplesoffirst quarterfirst quarter The town flourished in the second half of the eighth and thefirstquarterof the 9th century. From theCambridge English Corpus The addition of illustrations was associated with the general artistic upgrading of songs in thefirstquarterof the century. From theCambridge English Corpus This situation improved in thefirstquarterof 1950. From theCambridge English Corpus In thefirstquarterof 1998, 15 (1 paucibacillary and 14 multibacillary) residents of the district were receiving treatment for leprosy. From theCambridge English Corpus Intervention patients reported higher depression scores than usual care patients in thefirstquarterand lower scores in the final two quarters. From theCambridge English Corpus Starting from thefirstquarterof 1966, real fixed investment fell until the second quarter of 1967. From theCambridge English Corpus The sample starts in thefirstquarterof 1993 and ends in the third quarter of 2003, yielding a total of 43 quarters. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite these procedures, by the end offirstquarter, classrooms within schools differed markedly in levels of aggressive behavior. From theCambridge English Corpus Officially, the recession ended in thefirstquarterof 1991, and the low-growth phase in thefirstquarterof 1992. From theCambridge English Corpus It - - - seems that he was born in thefirstquarterof the tenth century6 and that he died towards the end of it. From theCambridge English Corpus This proportion went down to only a third in thefirstquarterof 1942. From theCambridge English Corpus The economy entered a low-growth phase in thefirstquarterof 1969, which turned into a recession in the fourth quarter of that year. From theCambridge English Corpus These results suggest that interest rate changes are not predictable beyond thefirstquarter. From theCambridge English Corpus There was a further improvement in thefirstquarterof the year 2000. From theCambridge English Corpus The irony is that before structural reform made its basic breakthrough, the economy had come back by thefirstquarterof 2004. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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