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quote/kwəʊt/ v. & n.●v. tr. 1 cite or appeal to (an author, book, etc.) in confirmation of some view 援引或提到(作家、书等)以支持某论点 2 repeat a statement by (another person) or copy out a passage from 重复，引用(他人)的话或段落 don't quote me 不要引述我的话 3 (often absol. [常含宾])a repeat or copy out (a passage) usu. with an indication that it is borrowed 引用，引述(他人的语言或文字) b (foll. by 后跟 from) cite (an author, book, etc.) 引用(作者、书籍等) 4 (foll. by 后跟 as) cite (an author etc.) as proof, evidence, etc. 引用(作家)作为证据等 5a enclose (words) in quotation marks 用引号把(话)括起来，把(话)放入引号 b (as 作 int.) (in dictation, reading aloud, etc.) indicate the presence of opening quotation marks (在听写、大声朗读等时)说明引用的内容 he said, quote, ‘I shall stay’ 他说，引语：“我将留下来” 6a state (the price) of a job to a person (对某一工作的报酬)开价 they quoted ￡ 600 for the work 他们对这一工作的报酬是 600 英镑 b (often foll. by 常后跟 at) state the price of (a commodity, stock, etc.); name (a racehorse) at specified odds (对某商品、股票等的)报价；对(某匹赛马的)开价，喊价 the securities had not yet been quoted 这些证券尚未开价； the horse was quoted at 200 to 1 这匹马的报价是 200 比 1 7 Stock Exch. regularly list the price of 【股】列出股市行情 ●n. colloq. [口] 1 a passage quoted 引文 2 a price quoted 开价，牌价 3 (usu. in pl. 通常用复数) quotation marks 问号 [earlier = mark with numbers: Middle English from medieval Latin quotare, from quot ‘how many’, or as QUOTA] |