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| 1 | I/T to say or write words that someone else has said or written 引用；引述 |
| Can I quote you on that (=repeat exactly what someone has said about something) ? 我可以引述你的话吗？ |
| + from She claimed to be quoting from an official report. 她声称是援引自一份官方报告。 |
| quote sb as saying sth The minister was quoted as saying that he didn’ t care about jobs. 报道引述部长的话说他不关心就业。 |
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| 2 | T to give something as an example to support what you are saying 引证；举例 |
| He quoted the example of a forty-year-old man who has been waiting nearly two years for an operation. 他引用了一个40岁男子的例子，这个男子等候手术已经快两年了。 |
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| 3 | T to tell someone what price you would charge them to do a particular piece of work 开价；报价 |
| + for How much did they quote for the job? 这件活他们开价多少？ |
| quote sb sth They quoted us £500 to replace the whole window. 更换整个窗子他们向我们报价500英镑。 |
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| - | quote...unquote spoken
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| if someone says ‘quote’ before a word or phrase , they are showing that they are repeating someone’ s words exactly , and they often say ‘unquote’ at the end |
| 引文开始…引文结束 |
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| used before or after a word or phrase for emphasizing that you do not agree with it or approve of it |
| 有人反对（用于某个单词或短语之前或之后强调自己不同意） |
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| They do it because it’ s the quote unquote thing to do. 他们做这件事正是因为有人反对。 |
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