那些隐含数字的英语单词

1.quarter：四分之一，季度

1. A quarter of America’s public-sector workers have a university degree.
美国的公共部门有四分之一的工作人员拥有大学学历。

2.In the third quarter

在第三个季度

3.Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century(一个世纪100年，四分之一就是25年), perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage. 

在过去的25年中，英文报纸发生的具有最深远影响的变化可能就是艺术报道的范围和严肃性在无可挽回地缩小和降低。

2.half：一半        halve：半

1.the biomass of large predators (animals that kill and eat other animals) in a new fishery is reduced on average by 80% within 15 years of the start of exploitation. In some long-fished areas, it has halved again since then.

一个新的渔场在被开发后的 15 年中大型捕食动物的生物量平均减少了 80%。在一些长期捕鱼的地区，在那基数之上又减少了一半。

3.dozen：一打，12个

More than two dozen companies sell DNA tests directly to the public, ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to more than $2500.

超过24家公司直接向公众出售DNA检测工具，价格从几百美元到2500美元以上不等。

4.fortnight：两个星期

Only if the jobless arrive at the job centre with a CV register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit-and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly.

失业者只有带着简历到就业中心、注册网络求职、并开始找工作时，他们才有资格领取救济金，并且他们应该每周报告而不是两周报告一次。