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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。
法定人数
quorums — plural of quorum
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
法定人数
quorum
A quorum of the committee is five members.
委员会的法定人数是五名成员。
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.
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
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.
The meeting was cancelled because we didn't have a quorum.
会议被取消了，因为我们没有达到法定人数。
The board finally reached a quorum after three members joined by video call.
在三位成员通过视频加入后，董事会终于达到了法定人数。
Most clubs require a quorum of ten members before any vote can be taken.
大多数俱乐部要求至少有十名成员的法定人数，才能进行任何投票。
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 是常见搭配，强调达到所需的最低人数。
The meeting could not start because we had not reached a quorum.
会议无法开始，因为我们还没有达到法定人数。
constitute a quorum 多用于正式说明规则或章程。
Three members constitute a quorum.
三名成员构成法定人数。
Not this
The board couldn't vote because it didn't have quorum.
Use this
The board couldn't vote because it didn't have a quorum.
quorum 是单数可数名词，意为“法定人数”，在此表示“凑足法定人数”时须加不定冠词 a；汉语“没有法定人数”没有冠词，所以学习者容易漏掉 a。
Not this
Our department has to reach its monthly quorum of sales.
Use this
Our department has to reach its monthly quota of sales.
quorum 指会议开始或作决定所需的法定人数，quota 才指“定额、配额”。这里说的是每月的销售定额，应用 quota；汉语“定额”和“法定人数”都可能让人误用 quorum。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
法定人数点名
The senator requested a quorum call to delay the proceedings.
参议员要求进行法定人数点名以推迟会议程序。
法定人数要求
The quorum requirement was lowered to allow the meeting to proceed.
法定人数要求被降低，以使会议得以进行。
（美国宪法第一条第五款）各院须有议员过半数出席，即构成法定人数，方可议事。
Congress cannot conduct official business without a quorum.
国会没有法定人数就不能处理公务。
Use quorums naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记法：quorum像forum(论坛)少了f，论坛开会要凑够法定人数。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.