例句：

　　Sales for this quarter have dipped from 38.7 million to 33 million.

　　本季度銷售額從3870萬下降到3300萬。

　　The company lost$ 7 million this quarter in contrast to a profit of$ 6.2 million a year earlier.

　　這家公司本季度虧損了700萬元，與去年同期620萬元的贏利形成了對照。

　　Support for the plan came from an unexpected quarter.

　　支持這一計(jì)劃的是沒料想到的一方。

　　A quarter of all the people surveyed were don't-knows.

　　參加問卷調(diào)查的所有人中有四分之一沒有表示明確意見。

　　The moon is in its first quarter.

　　月亮正處于上弦。