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quote

verb
 OPAL S
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they quote
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he / she / it quotes
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past simple quoted
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past participle quoted
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-ing form quoting
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Idioms
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    repeat exact words引述

  1.  
     [transitive, intransitive] to repeat the exact words that another person has said or written引用；引述
    • quote something to quote Shakespeare引用莎士比亚的话
    • quote something from something He quoted a passage from the minister's speech.他引用了部长的一段讲话。🔊🔊
    • quote from something They quoted from the Bible.他们引用了《圣经》里的话。
    • quote somebody/something in something Quote this reference number in all correspondence.请在所有函件中标明这个编号。🔊🔊
    • He was widely quoted in the American media.他在美国媒体上被广泛引用。
    • The figures quoted in this article refer only to Britain.本文援引的数字仅指英国。
    • Jude is one of three people quoted in the story.裘德是故事中引用的三个人之一。
    • quote somebody to quote an expert/an official/a source引用专家/官员/消息来源
    • The minister claimed he had been selectively quoted.部长声称他被有选择地引用。
    • quote somebody as doing something The President was quoted in the press as saying that he disagreed with the decision.报刊援引总统的话，说他不赞成这项决定。🔊🔊
    • She said, and I quote, ‘Life is meaningless without love.’我援引她曾说过的话：“人生无爱一场空。”🔊🔊
    • quote somebody on something ‘It will all be gone tomorrow.’ ‘Can I quote you on that?’“明天一切将烟消云散。” “我能引用你的这句话吗？”🔊🔊
    • Don't quote me on this (= this is not an official statement), but I think he is going to resign.不要说这话是我说的，但我想他打算辞职。🔊🔊
    • quote + speech ‘The man who is tired of London is tired of life,’ he quoted.“厌倦伦敦等于厌倦生活。” 他引述道。🔊🔊
    see also misquote
    Extra Examples
    • She quotes extensively from the author's diaries.她大量引用作者日记中的语句。
    • They said they were quoting from a recent report.他们说他们引用的是最近的一份报告。
    • The passage is quoted in full.这一段是全文引用。
    • He is wrongly quoted as saying ‘Play it again, Sam.’被错误地引用说'再玩一次，山姆。
    Topics Literature and writingb1, Languageb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • at length
    • extensively
    • in full
    • …
    preposition
    • as
    • from
    See full entry
    2.

    give example举例

  2. [transitive] to mention an example of something to support what you are saying举例说明
    • quote (somebody) something Can you quote me an instance of when this happened?你能否给我举例说明一下这事发生的时间？🔊🔊
    • quote something as something an example that is often quoted as evidence of mismanagement常常作为管理不善的证据加以引述的例子
    Synonyms mentionmention
    • refer to somebody/​something
    • speak
    • cite
    • quote
    These words all mean to write or speak about somebody/​something, often in order to give an example or prove something.
    • mention to write or speak about something/​somebody, especially without giving much information:
      • Nobody mentioned anything to me about it.没人跟我提过这事。
    • refer to somebody/​something (rather formal) to mention or speak about somebody/​something:指提到、谈及、说起：
      • I promised not to refer to the matter again. 我答应过再不提这事了。
    • speak to mention or describe somebody/​something:
      • Witnesses spoke of a great ball of flame.目击者都谈到有个大火球。
    • cite (formal) to mention something as a reason or an example, or in order to support what you are saying:指提及（原因）、举出（示例）证明：
      • He cited his heavy workload as the reason for his breakdown.他提到巨大的工作负荷是导致他精神崩溃的原因。
    • quote to mention an example of something to support what you are saying:
      • Can you quote me an instance of when this happened?你能否给我举例说明一下发生这事的情况？
    cite or quote?用 cite 还是 quote？You can cite reasons or examples, but you can only quote examples: He quoted his heavy workload as the reason for his breakdown. Cite is a more formal word than quote and is often used in more formal situations, for example in descriptions of legal cases.Patterns
    • to mention/​refer to/​speak of/​cite/​quote somebody/​something as somebody/​something
    • to mention/​refer to/​cite/​quote a(n) example/​instance/​case of something
    • frequently/​often mentioned/​referred to/​spoken of/​cited/​quoted
    • the example mentioned/​referred to/​cited/​quoted above/​earlier/​previously
    Extra Examples
    • He quoted one case in which a person had died in a fire.他举了有一个人在火灾中丧生的例子。
    • the most widely quoted and influential study in this field该领域里引证最广、最有影响的研究
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • frequently
    • often
    preposition
    • as
    • on
    phrases
    • widely quoted
    See full entry
    3.

    give price报价

  3. [transitive, intransitive] to tell a customer how much money you will charge them for a job, service or product开价；出价；报价
    • quote something The agent is quoting a guide price of €250 000.该代理商的指导价为25万欧元。
    • quote something for (doing) something The price they quoted for the kitchen was too high.他们为厨房报价太高了。
    • quote somebody something A garage quoted him £80.车库给他报了80英镑。
    • quote somebody something for (doing) something They quoted us £300 for installing a shower unit.他们向我们开价 300 英镑安装淋浴设备。🔊🔊
  4. [transitive] quote something (at something) (finance金融) to give a market price for shares, gold or foreign money为（股票、黄金或外汇）报价
    • Yesterday the pound was quoted at $1.8285, unchanged from Monday.昨天英镑报价为 1.8285 美元，这个价格从星期一以来未变。🔊🔊
    Topics Moneyc1
  5. [transitive] quote something (finance金融) to give the prices for a business company’s shares on a stock exchange为（企业的股份）上市，挂牌
    • Several football clubs are now quoted on the Stock Exchange.目前有几家足球俱乐部在股票交易所上市。🔊🔊
    • publicly quoted companies上市公司
    Topics Moneyc1
    6. Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin quotare, from quot ‘how many’, or from medieval Latin quota. The original sense was ‘mark a book with numbers, or with marginal references’, later ‘give a reference by page or chapter’, hence ‘cite a text or person’ (late 16th cent.).
Idioms
quote (… unquote)
(also quote, unquote)
  1. (informal) used to show the beginning (and end) of a word, phrase, etc. that has been said or written by somebody else（用于引文的开始和结尾）引文起（…引文止）
    • It was quote, ‘the hardest decision of my life’, unquote, and one that he lived to regret.那是，原话起，“我一生最困难的决定”，原话止，而且是他后来后悔了的决定。🔊🔊
    • now that the, quote, unquote, ‘real story’ has begun现在，引用，取消引用的“真实故事”已经开始

quote

noun
 OPAL S
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(rather informal)
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    exact words原话

  1.  
    (also rather formal quotation)
    a group of words or a short piece of writing taken from a book, play, speech, etc. and repeated because it is interesting or useful引语；引文；语录
    • The essay was full of quotes.这篇文章满篇皆是引语。🔊🔊
    • quote from something a quote from a New York Times article纽约时报文章的引言
    • The text begins with a quote from Oscar Wilde.文本以奥斯卡·王尔德的引言开头。
    Extra Examples
    • The quote of the week comes from Mae West.本周引言来自梅・韦斯特。
    • a direct quote from this morning's paper直接引自今早报纸的语句
    • a quote from Albert Einstein阿尔伯特・爱因斯坦的话
    • quotes taken from various lifestyle magazines摘引自各种生活时尚杂志的语录
    • The article included quotes from detectives who worked on the case.文中引述了办理此案的侦探的话。
    • This quote comes from a poem by Robert Browning.这句引语出自罗伯特•勃朗宁的一首诗。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • famous
    • memorable
    • quotable
    • …
    verb + quote
    • take
    • attribute
    quote + verb
    • come from something
    preposition
    • quote from
    See full entry
    2.

    price价格

  2. (also rather formal quotation)
     a statement of how much money a particular piece of work will cost开价；出价；报价
    • Their quote for the job was way too high.他们给这项工作开价太高了。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • a quote for the hire of the equipment租用设备的价目
    • Theirs was the lowest quote, so we went with them.他们的报价最低，所以我们让他们来做这项工作。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • written
    • free
    verb + quote
    • give (somebody)
    • get
    • obtain
    • …
    preposition
    • quote for
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    3.

    punctuation标点符号

  3. quotes
    (also quotation marks)
     [plural] a pair of marks (‘  ’) or ( “ ” ) placed around a word, sentence, etc. to show that it is what somebody said or wrote, that it is a title or that you are using it in an unusual way引号
    • in quotes If you take text from other sources, place it in quotes.引用其他来源的资料要放在引号里。🔊🔊
    Topics Languageb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • double
    • single
    preposition
    • in quotes
    See full entry
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin quotare, from quot ‘how many’, or from medieval Latin quota. The original sense was ‘mark a book with numbers, or with marginal references’, later ‘give a reference by page or chapter’, hence ‘cite a text or person’ (late 16th cent.).