quote
verb uk/kwəʊt/ us/kwoʊt/
(SAY)
C1 [ I or T ]引用，引述，援引
to repeat the words that someone else has said or written
He's always quoting from the Bible. 他总是引用《圣经》上的话。
"If they're flexible, we're flexible", the official was quoted as saying. 援引那位官员的话说：“如果他们能变通，我们也能变通。”
She worked, to quote her daughter, "as if there were no tomorrow". 用她女儿的话来说，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)? 你讲的那些话我可以转述给别人听吗？
C1 [ T ]举出，举证
If you quote a fact or example, you refer to it in order to add emphasis to what you are saying.
[ + two objects ] Quote me one organization that doesn't have some bad managers. 请给我举出一个没有不善管理的经理的机构来。
- More examples
- In all future letters on this subject, please quote our reference JW/155/C/1991.
- I can't quote the exact statistics for you offhand, but they're there for you to see in the report.
- The article quoted an unnamed source from the White House.
- At the beginning of his speech he quoted a line from 'Macbeth'.
- I think it's a crazy idea, but don't quote me on that.
(GIVE PRICE)
C2 [ T ]报价
to give a price, especially one that will be charged for doing a piece of work
The architect has quoted £90,000 to build a patio. 对露台部分，建筑师开价9万英镑。
Idiom
quote... unquoteidiom informal （尤指在不赞同某人时表示引用其话语）引文起…引文止
said to show that you are repeating someone else's words, especially if you do not agree
She says they're quote "just good friends" unquote. 她说她们，引号，“只是好朋友而已”，引号完。
quote
noun informal uk/kwəʊt/ us/kwoʊt/
(PRICE)
C2 [ C ]报价
the price that a person or company says they will charge to do a piece of work
I asked several companies to give me a quote for the building work. 我请了几位建造商为该工程报价。
Synonym: quotation
(SYMBOLS)
quotes [ plural ] 引号
the symbols “ ” or ‘ ’ that are put around a word or phrase to show that someone else has written or said it
You need to make sure that any quotes in your document are coded properly.
in quotes Put the title of the article in quotes. 给文章的标题加上引号。
You need to the phrase in quotes when you search for it.
Should I put this in single quotes, or in double quotes?
You can nest quotes inside of each other by alternating between single quotes and double quotes.
Put the word "cancelled" in quotes.
Synonym: quotation marks