- (rather formal) (also rather informal quote)[countable]
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 a dictionary of quotations 引语词典 Two short quotations will illustrate my point. 两个简短的引语可以说明我的观点。 - quotation from something
The book began with a quotation from Goethe. 这本书一开头引用了歌德的隽语。 a direct quotation from a recent speech by the president 直接引自总统近期讲话的一段话
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb1It's a quotation from a poem by Keats. 这句话出自济慈的一首诗。 My quotation is taken from ‘Hamlet’. 我引用的是《哈姆雷特》。 Where does that quotation come from? 此语引自何处？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- famous
- memorable
- direct
- …
- take
- attribute
- cite
- …
- come from something
- marks
- quotation from
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the act of repeating something interesting or useful that another person has written or said 引用；引述；引证 - [countable] (rather formal) (also rather informal quote)
a statement of how much money a particular piece of work will cost 报价；估价 You need to get a written quotation before they start work. 你得在他们开工之前拿到报价单。 We’ll give you a free quotation for replacing your windows. 我们会给你更换窗户的免费报价。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- written
- free
- detailed
- …
- give (somebody)
- provide (somebody with)
- supply (somebody with)
- …
- quotation for
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finance 金融 a statement of the current value of goods or shares （货物或股票的）行情，市价，牌价 the latest quotations from the Stock Exchange 股票交易所的最新行情 It was the first football club to have a full stock market quotation. 这是第一个公开上市的足球俱乐部。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a marginal reference to a passage of text): from medieval Latin quotatio(n-), from the verb quotare, from quot ‘how many’, or from medieval Latin quota.