Three of the four equal parts into which something may be divided.
四分之三
three quarters of an hour
45分钟。
Example sentencesExamples
Around three quarters of women experience nausea in early pregnancy and around half also vomit.
Finally, I finish up by going out onto the water for another hour and three quarters.
For the first three quarters, the market remained limp because of the recession and war.
Of the 21 coach coordinators who gave their details on Saturday, three quarters are women.
One third of the doctors were women and three quarters were generalists.
Nearly three quarters said they would use a tram system to get around the largely pedestrianised town centre.
About half of my friends play musical instruments, and three quarters of them play an instrument with which to make dance music.
Of them, my guess is that between two thirds and three quarters were non-combatants.
After originally losing 35 per cent of his pension, he will now get three quarters of his allowance.
A recent report showed that three quarters of burglars freed from prison are caught committing more crime within two years.
However, almost three quarters were in favour of a product certification scheme.
The figures showed that new house prices in Dublin had actually fallen in two out of the last three quarters.
More than three quarters agree that they are given sufficient training.
They fought for at least three quarters of an hour to save him.
About three quarters of endowment mortgages sold over the last two decades are expected to post a shortfall when they mature.
Over a half to three quarters of all the people who lived in that area have died.
A round of mergers could halve the current number, or even reduce it by three quarters.
Importing three quarters of our organic food from all over the world is polluting the atmosphere and wrecking the climate.
It was removed within three quarters of an hour of breaking down at 4.15 pm but caused delays until 6pm.
They also found that nearly three quarters of the parents interviewed relied on their children to find out about puberty at school.
adverb
To the extent of three quarters.
四分之三
Vermont is more than three quarters woodland
佛蒙特州有不止3/4的地方是林地。
Example sentencesExamples
Jim and Alan were three quarters Mexican and had grown up in a bilingual house.
St John's Church was three quarters full for the main service on Christmas Day.
I am in a hotel three quarters full of white-haired old dears.
The oxygen level in her blood is three quarters that of a healthy person and this means her heart has to work harder as she grows to pump oxygen around her body.
Hiking a set distance is apparently between two thirds and three quarters as beneficial to your system as jogging it.
Without asking, he automatically poured another once our glasses approached three quarters empty.
We three quarters filled it, to replace the fuel we'd used, before returning it.
The drama unfolded at about 5pm, as the group were three quarters through the walk, when a strong gust of wind picked up Mr Smith.
Maria pulled out the chair across from him and held her own bar glass three quarters full of cola.
The exoccipitals end on the border of this foramen, at three quarters its height.
The former girl group member is playing at here in June and, after less than a week, the show is now three quarters sold.
When the glass is about three quarters full, he stops and gently places the glass on the bar.
It is only about three quarters the size of Pluto, its closest neighbour.
I took the jam jar from the shelf, and it looked like a normal jar, three quarters full.
If you care to notice, he's a man, and his hair is at least three quarters the length of yours.