"number of times one quantity is contained in another," mid-15c., from Latin quotiens "how often? how many times?; as often as," pronominal adverb of time, from quot "how many?" (see quote (v.)). The Latin adverb quotiens was mistaken in Middle English for a present participle in -ens.
双语例句
1. Being rich doesn't actually increase your happiness quotient.
有钱不见得能提高你的幸福指数。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The island has a high quotient of clergymen.
牧师占了小岛人口的很大一部分。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The quotient simply becomes arbitrarily large as h goes to 0.
商,当h趋近0时,只是任意增大.
来自辞典例句
4. A high communal intelligence quotient does not always, It'seems, insure communal efficiency.
社区中的高智商似乎并不总能确保社区的效能.
来自辞典例句
5. The register used to contain a multiplier in multiplication and the quotient in division.
