quote
UK [kwəʊt] US [kwoʊt] verb
SAY 说
IMPROVER intransitive or transitive
■to repeat the words that someone else has said or written 引用，引述，援引•He's always quoting from the Bible.他总是引用《圣经》上的话。 •"If they're flexible, we're flexible", the official was quoted as saying.援引那位官员的话说：“如果他们能变通，我们也能变通。” •She worked, to quote her daughter, "as if there was no tomorrow".用她女儿的话来说，她工作起来“就像没有明天似的”。 •Can I quote you on that (= Can I repeat to other people what you have just said) ?你讲的那些话我可以告诉别人吗？ transitive
■If you quote a fact or example, you refer to it in order to add emphasis to what you are saying 举出，举证•[+ two objects] Quote me one organization that doesn't have some bad managers.请给我举出一个没有不善管理的经理的机构来。
UK [kwəʊt] US [kwoʊt] verb
GIVE PRICE 报价
transitive
■to give a price, especially one that will be charged for doing a piece of work 报价•The architect has quoted £40,000 to build an extension.扩建部分建筑师开价40000英镑。
UK [kwəʊt] US [kwoʊt] verb
quote ... unquote informal
■said to show that you are repeating someone else's words, especially if you do not agree with them （尤指在不赞同某人时表示引用其话语）引文起…引文止•She says they're, quote 'just good friends' unquote.她说她们，开引号，“只是好朋友而已”，关引号。
UK [kwəʊt] US [kwoʊt] noun
countable
■informal forquotation quotation 的非正式用法
quotes [plural]
■informal forquotation marks quotation marks（引号）的非正式用法•Put the title of the article in quotes.替文章的标题加上引号。 |