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词汇 quadrennial
释义 quadrennial
adjective
uk /kwɒdˈren.i.əl/ us /kwɑːdˈren.i.əl/
happening every four years: 每四年一次的,四年一度的
The Olympic Games is a quadrennial gathering of athletes from around the world.奥运会是全世界运动员四年一度的聚会。
In 2016, America indulged in the quadrennial ritual of electing a president.2016年,美国正处于四年一度的总统选举中。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Relating to regular periods of time
afternoons
annual
annum
bi-yearly
biannual
circadian rhythm
dailiness
daily
daily grind
evenings
hourly
nightly
nights
p.c.m.
p.w.
per annum
quadrennially
triennial
triennially
weekly

Examples of quadrennial


quadrennial
Those arrangements are subject to annual audit and a quadrennial inspection programme.
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One result in too many places is that the police service is affected by the annual or quadrennial round of elections.
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Elections could then be annual or quadrennial and ward boundaries need not be changed.
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It would be altogether inappropriate if he were also to be part of the inspection team under the quadrennial arrangements that we now discuss.
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For most of the time, in the quadrennial cycle, we worked together for the benefit of the public.
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It is a quadrennial inspiration animated by factors other than purely economic ones.
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The stop-go economy of 1955–64 was based on a quadrennial cycle of production.
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On the issue of annual or quadrennial elections, we have taken powers to proceed by order, after consultation with all those concerned.
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I took that to mean inside or outside the quadrennial inspection.
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I cannot think of anything more confusing and more dangerous than a change in the basis of elections between annual and quadrennial, but that is very likely to happen.
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However, it may be perfectly reasonable that a governing body of a school should be able to request an inspection outside the normal quadrennial inspection cycle.
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Who would believe from that statement that the triennial incremental periods were in substitution for the quadrennial incremental periods which took place under the stripe system.
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The quadrennial pattern is being preserved.
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They also thought that they had much to learn in respect of their quadrennial review, especially from the way in which we involved the defence industry in the review.
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Initially conceived as a quadrennial event, the championships change to a biennial format in 1996.
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