1、Contrary to his usual habit (he was almost always late) Pierre arrived at the Bergs' not at ten minutes to eight, but at a quarter to eight.(皮埃尔违反他一向迟到的习惯，这天不是八点差十分，而是八点差一刻就到了贝格家里。)
2、An analysis of handsets found almost a quarter were so dirty that they had up to ten times an acceptable level of TVC bacteria.(一项对手机的研究分析发现，近四分之一的手机十分肮脏，所携带的细菌量高达可接受细菌安全值的十倍。)
3、It isa quarter to ten.(现在是十点差一刻。)
4、You must be home ata quarter to ten.(你必须在差一刻十点到家。)
5、The clock on the wall saida quarter to ten.(墙上的挂钟指着九点三刻。)
6、It'sa quarter to ten now.(现在十点差一刻。)
7、It'sa quarter to ten. I must finish the quiz quickly.(差一刻十点，我得赶快完成测验。)
8、Joe had been at the Three Jolly Bargemen, smoking his pipe, from a quarter after eight o'clock to a quarter before ten.(昨天晚上，乔到三个快乐的船夫酒家，从八点一刻到九点三刻都在那里抽烟。)
9、Meryl:Yes, it's onlya quarter to ten and we've been at it for almost four hours.(梅里尔：是啊，现在才九点四十五分，而我们已经工作了将近四小时。)
10、She goes to bed at abouta quarter to ten.(她上床睡觉约四分之一到十。)
11、A survey I conducted with Irene Whitney found that in British primary schools up to a quarter of pupils reported experience of bullying, which in about one in ten cases was persistent.(我与艾琳·惠特尼进行的一项调查发现，在英国小学，多达四分之一的学生报告曾遭受欺凌，这些案例中约有十分之一具有持续性。)
12、Let me see. It'sa quarter to ten now.(让我看看。现在差一刻十点。)
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