1 N-COUNT 引文;引语;语录 A quotation is a sentence or phrase taken from a book, poem, or play, which is repeated by someone else. 引文;引语;语录
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He illustrated his argument with quotations from Pasternak. [+ from]
他引用帕斯捷尔纳克的话来证明自己的论点。
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The second quotation is from an essay that D H Lawrence wrote in the nineteen-twenties.
第二段引文出自D. H. 劳伦斯20世纪20年代写的一篇文章。
SYN passage, quote [informal] , excerpt, cutting
2 N-COUNT 报价;开价 When someone gives you a quotation, they tell you how much they will charge to do a particular piece of work. 报价;开价
SYN estimate, price, tender, rate
3 N-COUNT (股票的)挂牌 A company's quotation on the stock exchange is its registration on the stock exchange, which enables its shares to be officially listed and traded. (股票的)挂牌 [business]
Quotations
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language Samuel Johnson Dictionary of the English Language (preface)
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