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quote (obj) SAYHkwEJt, $kwoJtvto repeat the words that someone else has said or written引用，引述，援引"If they're flexible, we're flexible", the official was quoted as saying. [T]据引那位官员的话说:“他们变通，我们也变通。”He's always quoting from the Bible. [I]他总是引用《圣经》上的话。She worked, to quote her daughter, "as if there was no tomorrow". [T]用她女儿的话讲，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)? [T]你讲的那些话我可以讲给别人听吗?If you quote a fact or example, you refer to it in order to add force to what you are saying.举例，举证Quote me one organization that doesn't have some bad managers. [T]给我举出一个没有经营不善的经理的机构来。(infml) You can say'quote' or 'quote, unquote' to show that you are repeating someone else's words, esp. if you do not fully believe them or agree with them.(表示同意、相信或不同意、不相信)用别人的话讲She's been seeing, quote, 'an older man'.有人说，她一直与“一个老头”有染。He says he's been on a quote, unquote'high-protein diet'.他说他一直采用有人同意有人反对的“高蛋白饮食”。They are quote'just good friends' unquote.人们说他们“不过是好朋友”。
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