four quarters

基本解释

Over the past four quarters, BLS reported, "unit labor costs fell 2.8 percent as output per hour increased faster than hourly compensation.
美国劳工统计局报告，过去四个季度，“由于每小时产出增加速度快于每小时工资增长速度，单位劳工成本下降2.8%。”
Four quarters would have amounted to only forty francs, and he could not owe four, because six months had not elapsed since Marius had paid for two.
四个季度也只是四十法郎，他也不可能欠上四个季度，马吕斯在六个月以前便替他付了两个季度。
Your gas bills should give a figure for your usage each quarter – but remember you use very little in the summer months, so you'll need to add up the total across all four quarters.
燃气费账单上显示的应是每个家庭每季度的使用量——但请记住，夏季的燃气使用很少，所以你需要将四个季度的燃气使用量加在一起。

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