Word · Frequency #24527
quorum
法定人数
核心释义
quorum
- 1.
团体正式开展事务和进行投票所需的最低成员人数,通常但不一定是多数或绝对多数。
The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.
- 2.
为处理事务而召集的组织最少成员数的会议
a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business
- 3.
分布式事务为获准在分布式系统中执行操作而必须获得的最低票数。
The minimum number of votes that a distributed transaction has to obtain in order to be allowed to perform an operation in a distributed system.
团体正式开展事务和进行投票所需的最低成员人数,通常但不一定是多数或绝对多数。；为处理事务而召集的组织最少成员数的会议；分布式事务为获准在分布式系统中执行操作而必须获得的最低票数。；定额组
用法In use
The meeting was cancelled because we didn't have a quorum.
用法提示：quorum 为名词，指使会议有效所需的法定最低人数。
The board finally reached a quorum after three members joined by video call.
用法提示：quorum 此处作名词，表示构成会议合法性的最低成员数。
Most clubs require a quorum of ten members before any vote can be taken.
用法提示：quorum 作名词，与 of 搭配说明具体的法定成员人数。
a quorum of [group]
a quorum of 后接群体名词，表示该群体所需的法定人数。
A quorum of the committee is five members.
委员会的法定人数是五名成员。
reach a quorum
reach a quorum 是常见搭配，强调达到所需的最低人数。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- form a quorum
- 形成法定人数
- We need at least ten members to form a quorum.我们需要至少十名成员才能形成法定人数。
- have a quorum
- 达到法定人数
- The committee has a quorum, so we can start the vote.委员会已达到法定人数，我们可以开始投票了。
- lack a quorum
- 不足法定人数
- The meeting was adjourned because the board lacked a quorum.由于董事会不足法定人数，会议休会了。
- constitute a quorum
- 构成法定人数
- Twenty members constitute a quorum under our bylaws.根据我们的章程，二十名成员构成法定人数。
- quorum call
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记法：quorum像forum(论坛)少了f，论坛开会要凑够法定人数。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式会议、法律或章程条文、公司治理 quorum 通常用于正式场合，如股东大会、议会或委员会表决，比较常见于法律、章程和议事规则中；日常口语很少用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes: forum and decorum, both ending in /ɔrəm/. Lookalikes that do not rhyme: quotation and quota have quo- pronounced /kwoʊ/; quarrel and quarterly have quar- pronounced /kwɔr/ but different endings.
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