quarterly

quarterly — adjective

1. happening, produced, or paid once every three months, so that there are four occ

1.形容詞B1
釋義

happening, produced, or paid once every three months, so that there are four occurrences within a calendar year

例句

Eli presented the quarterly sales figures at the board meeting.

attributive use before noun: quarterly report / sales / meeting

Chidi received his quarterly bonus at the end of March.

同義詞
  • three-monthly

    much less common; used mainly in British publishing contexts

  • once-a-quarter

    informal, often used in hyphenated compound form

反義詞
  • monthly

    happening twelve times a year instead of four

  • annual

    happening once a year instead of four times

文法句型

quarterly + noun (report, meeting, payment, review)

用法筆記

Frequently placed before nouns like report, meeting, payment, bonus, and review. This adjective is not normally used after a linking verb (✗ The review is quarterly) — instead use a prepositional phrase: The review takes place on a quarterly basis.

常見錯誤

❌We have a quarterly team lunch every week.
✅We have a quarterly team lunch every three months.
💡quarterly means once every three months, not every week.

quarterly — adverb

quarterly — noun