quorum
noun /ˈkwɔːrəm/
/ˈkwɔːrəm/
[singular]- the smallest number of people who must be at a meeting before it can begin or decisions can be made
（会议的）法定人数 - If a quorum is not present, the meeting must be adjourned.
如果没有达到法定人数，会议必须休会。 - I’m afraid we don’t have a quorum.
恐怕我们没有法定人数。 - The number of representatives attending was too small to constitute a quorum.
出席的代表人数太少，不足以构成法定人数。
词源late Middle English (referring to justices of the peace): used in commissions for committee members designated by the Latin quorum vos … unum (duos, etc.) esse volumus ‘of whom we wish that you … be one (two, etc.)’. - If a quorum is not present, the meeting must be adjourned.