quote
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they quote | |
| he / she / it quotes | |
| past simple quoted | |
| past participle quoted | |
| -ing form quoting |
- [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. 他被美国媒体广泛引用。 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. 部长声称他被选择性地引用了。 - 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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb1, Languageb1She 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.’ 他被错误地引用为“再弹一遍，萨姆。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- at length
- extensively
- in full
- …
- as
- from
- quote something
- [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
- 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？ - 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 ExamplesHe 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
- as
- on
- widely quoted
- quote (somebody) something
- [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. 代理商报的指导价是25万€。 - quote something for (doing) something
The price they quoted for the kitchen was too high. 他们对厨房的报价太高了。 - quote somebody something
A garage quoted him £80. 一家汽车修理厂给他报了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。
- quote something
- [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 - [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 公开上市的公司
repeat exact words引述
give example举例
give price报价
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)
- (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）