花1分钟记住一个单词 | quota

quota 

今天我们要学的词是 quota.   quota 作为名词，是配额，限额的意思。

音标：

英 [ˈkwəʊtə]  美 [ˈkwoʊtə]

例句：

A group is suing Harvard University for discrimination against Asian-American students and comparing its admission process to an illegal quota system. 

一个团体正在起诉哈佛大学，指责哈佛在录取程序中对亚裔美国学生不平等对待，称这一程序好似非法的限额系统。

The Department of Justice announced that it would impose quotas on immigration judges, aiming to address a backlog of nearly 700,000 unresolved immigration cases. 

美国司法部宣布，要对移民法官实现配额制，力求进快解决积压的近70万件移民案。