quote
verb
noun
kwəʊt
verb
1
to
repeat
exactly
what
someone
else
has
said
or
written
引用，引述
I,T
[+
from
]
She
quoted
from
a
newspaper
article.
她引用了报纸上一篇文章的内容。
He
quoted
a
short
passage
from
the
Bible.
他引用了《圣经》里的一小段内容。
A
military
spokesman
was
quoted
as
saying
that
the
border
area
is
now
safe.
报道引述军方一名发言人的话，说边境地区现在很安全。
quote
sb
on
sth
Can
I
quote
you
on
that?
那是你说的，我能照实说吗？
2
to
give
a
piece
of
information
that
is
written
down
somewhere
引用〔写在某处的信息〕
T
You
can
order
by
phoning
our
hotline
and
quoting
your
credit
card
number.
可以通过拨打我们的热线电话，报出你的信用卡号码来预订。
He
quoted
a
figure
of
220
deaths
each
year
from
accidents
in
the
home.
他援引了一个数字 — 每年有 220 人死于家居意外。
3
to
give
something
as
an
example
to
support
what
you
are
saying
举例说明;
T
Mr
Jackson
quoted
the
case
of
an
elderly
man
who
had
been
evicted
from
his
home.
杰克逊先生举了一个例子，说有一位老人被赶出了家门。
quote
sth
as
sth
He
quoted
the
example
of
France
as
a
country
with
good
rail
service.
他举了法国为例，说法国是铁路服务很完善的一个国家。
The
nurses’
union
was
quoted
as
an
example
of
a
responsible
trade
union.
护士联盟被认为是一个负责任的工会组织的典范。
4
to
tell
a
customer
the
price
you
will
charge
them
for
a
service
or
product
报〔价〕，开〔价〕
T
They
quoted
a
price
of
£15,000.
他们报价是 15,000 英镑。
quote
sth
for
sth
The
firm
originally
quoted
£6,000
for
the
whole
job.
公司最初给这整项工作报价 6000 英镑。
5
to
give
the
price
of
a
share
or
CURRENCY
给〔股票或货币〕报价
T
The
pound
was
quoted
this
morning
at
just
under
$1.46.
今天早上英镑的牌价不到 1.46 美元。
The
company
is
now
quoted
on
the
stock
exchange
(=people
can
buy
and
sell
shares
in
it)
.
这家公司现在已经在证券交易所挂牌上市了。
6
(I) quote
used
when
you
are
going
to
repeat
what
someone
else
has
said,
to
emphasize
that
it
is
exactly
the
way
they
said
it
[口] 〔作插入语〕这是某人的原话
spoken
The
minister
said,
quote:
‘There
will
be
no
more
tax
increases
this
year.’
部长说，这是他的原话:“今年不会再加税了。”
7
quote … unquote
used
at
the
beginning
and
end
of
a
word
or
phrase
that
someone
else
has
said
or
written,
to
emphasize
that
you
are
repeating
it
exactly
[口] 〔用于引文的开始和结尾〕原话起…原话止
spoken
noun
8
a
sentence
or
phrase
from
a
book,
speech
etc
which
you
repeat
in
a
speech
or
piece
of
writing
because
it
is
interesting
or
amusing
引文，引语; 引用;
[+
from
]
a
quote
from
the
minister’s
speech
引自部长演讲的一句话
9
in quotes
words
that
are
in
quotes
are
written
with
QUOTATION
MARKS
around
them
to
show
that
someone
said
those
words
在引号里
10
a
statement
of
how
much
it
will
probably
cost
to
build
or
repair
something
〔建成某物或修理某物的〕报价单;
Always
get
a
quote
before
proceeding
with
repair
work.
找人修理一定要先叫他们报价。