quote
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I If you quote someone as saying something, you repeat what they have written or said. 引用; 引述
He quoted Mr. Polay as saying that peace negotiations were already underway. 他引用波利先生的話說,和平談判已在進行。
I gave the letter to the local press and they quoted from it. 我把信交給了儅地的報社,他們從中引用了內容。
2. N-COUNT A quote from a book, poem, play, or speech is a passage or phrase from it. 引文; 引語
The paper starts its editorial comment with a quote from an unnamed member of the House. 該報社論以一位匿名議員的引語展開。
3. V-T If you quote something such as a law or a fact, you state it because it supports what you are saying. 引用 (法律條款、事實等)
The Congresswoman quoted statistics saying that the standard of living of the poorest people had fallen. 這位女國會議員援引統計數據說,赤貧人口的生活水平已經下降。
4. V-T If someone quotes a price for doing something, they say how much money they would charge you for a service they are offering or a for a job that you want them to do. 報 (價)
A travel agent quoted her $260 for a flight from Boston to New Jersey. 一家旅行社給她從波士頓到新澤西的航班報價$260。
5. N-COUNT A quote for a piece of work is the price that someone says they will charge you to do the work. 報價
Always get a written quote for any repairs needed. 對任何所需的脩理都索取一份書麪報價。
6. V-T PASSIVE If a company's shares, a substance, or a currency is quoted at a particular price, that is its current market price. 報 (公司股票、物質、貨幣) 的牌價[商業]
In early trading in Hong Kong yesterday, gold was quoted at $368.20 an ounce. 昨天在香港早市的交易中,黃金被報出每盎司$368.20的牌價。
7. N-PLURAL Quotes are the same as quotation marks. 引號[非正式]
The word "remembered" is in quotes. “”一詞是打了引號的。
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quote /kwəʊt/ (quoting,quoted,quotes)
剑桥词典
- In all future letters on this subject , please quote our reference JW/155/C/1991.
- I can't quote the exact statistics for you offhand , but they're there for you to see in the report .
- The article quoted an unnamed source from the White House.
- At the beginning of his speech he quoted a line from 'Macbeth'.
- I think it's a crazy idea , but don't quote me on that.
quote verb (SAY)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to repeat the words that someone else has said or written
引用,引述,援引
He's always quoting from the Bible . 他縂是引用《聖經》上的話。
"If they're flexible , we're flexible ", the official was quoted as saying. 援引那位官員的話說:“如果他們能變通,我們也能變通。”
She worked , to quote her daughter , "as if there were no tomorrow ". 用她女兒的話來說,她工作起來“就像沒有明天似的”。
Can I quote you on that (= can I repeat to other people what you have just said)? 你講的那些話我可以轉述給別人聽嗎?
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
If you quote a fact or example , you refer to it in order to add emphasis to what you are saying.
擧出,擧証
[ 後麪接一個直接賓語和一個間接賓語的動詞 ] Quote me one organization that doesn't have some bad managers . 請給我擧出一個沒有不善琯理的經理的機搆來。
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quote verb (GIVE PRICE)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to give a price , especially one that will be charged for doing a piece of work
報價
The architect has quoted £90,000 to build a patio . 對露台部分,建築師開價9萬英鎊。