quarter

• I suppose a quarter of a million would be acceptable .
  我想二十五万元大概差不多吧！
• What quarter is the wind in ?
  风是从哪一方面吹来的？
• The wind blew from all quarters .
  风从四面八方吹来。
• She pays her rent by the quarter .
  她按季度付房租。
• They live in close quarters .
  他们住在狭窄的地方。
• When trouble occurs at one spot , help comes from all quarters .
  一方有难，八方支援。
• One quarter of the country is reckoned as unproductive .
  全国四分之一的土地是不毛之地。
• They gave and asked no quarter as children .
  作为小孩他们并不能给与也没有要求得到照顾。
• I expected something from you in quite another quarter .
  我还以为你打的是另一个主意呢。
• Lies the wind in that quarter ?
  形势是这样的吗？